UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
¥ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
OR
n TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 0-28018
YAHOO! INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 77-0398689
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(408) 349-3300
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common stock, $.001 par value
(Title of Class)
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ¥ No n
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act. Yes n No ¥
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ¥ No n
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will
not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference
in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. n
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See
definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ¥ Accelerated filer n Non-accelerated filer n
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes n No ¥
As of June 30, 2006, the aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based upon the closing
sales price for the Registrant’s common stock, as reported in the NASDAQ Stock Market, was $41,812,571,856. Shares of
common stock held by each officer and director and by each person who owns 10 percent or more of the outstanding common
stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not
necessarily a conclusive determination for any other purpose.
The number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding as of February 15, 2007 was 1,356,539,645.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents (or parts thereof) are incorporated by reference into the following parts of this Form 10-K:
(1) Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders — Part III Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
YAHOO! INC.
Form 10-K
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006
INDEX
ITEM Page
PART I
ITEM 1 Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ITEM 1A Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ITEM 1B Unresolved Staff Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ITEM 2 Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ITEM 3 Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ITEM 4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
PART II
ITEM 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases
of Equity Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ITEM 6 Selected Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ITEM 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations . . 34
ITEM 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ITEM 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure . . 101
ITEM 9A Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ITEM 9B Other Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PART III
ITEM 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ITEM 11 Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ITEM 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ITEM 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ITEM 14 Principal Accountant Fees and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
PART IV
ITEM 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. and its subsidiaries referred to herein include, but are
not limited to, Yahoo!, del.icio.us, Flickr, FareChase, HotJobs, Inktomi, Kelkoo, Musicmatch, Overture and
Jumpcut. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Part I
Item 1. Business
Yahoo! Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries (“Yahoo!”, the “Company”, “our”, “we”, or “us”), is a
leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Our mission is to
connect people to their passions, their communities, and the world’s knowledge. We seek to provide Internet
services that are essential and relevant to our global audience of users and our advertisers.
To our global audience of users, we provide our owned and operated online properties and services (the “Yahoo!
Properties”). To our advertisers, we provide a range of tools and marketing solutions designed to enable businesses
to reach our users. We focus on expanding our audience of users and deepening their engagement on the Yahoo!
Properties to enhance the value of our audience of users to advertisers and to increase the spending of these
advertisers. We believe that we can expand our audience of users by offering compelling Internet services and
effectively integrating search, community, personalization, and content to create a powerful user experience. These
user relationships and the social community they create enable us to leverage our online advertising as well as our
fee based services.
We also focus on extending our marketing platform and access to Internet users beyond the Yahoo! Properties
through our distribution network of third party entities (which we refer to as “affiliates”) who have integrated our
search and/or display advertising offerings into their websites.
Many of our services are free to our users. We generate revenue by providing marketing services to businesses
across the majority of our properties and by establishing paying relationships with users of our premium offerings.
We classify these revenues as either marketing services or fees. Our offerings to users and businesses currently fall
into five categories — Search; Marketplace; Information and Entertainment; Communications, Communities and
Front Doors; and Connected Life. The majority of our offerings are available globally in more than 20 languages.
Yahoo! was developed and first made available in 1994 by our founders, David Filo and Jerry Yang, while they were
graduate students at Stanford University. We were incorporated in 1995 and are a Delaware corporation. We are
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and have offices in more than 20 markets globally.
In December 2006, we announced a reorganization of our structure and management to align our operations with
our key customer groups. Under the new structure, we will have two customer-focused groups: the Audience Group
and the Advertiser & Publisher Group. Each of these groups will be supported by the Technology Group. We
believe having a more customer-focused organization, supported by robust technology, will speed the development
of leading-edge offerings for our most valuable audience segments and the provision of marketing services to our
advertisers. This reorganization is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2007.
2006 HIGHLIGHTS
The following are some of our key accomplishments during 2006 directed at furthering our objective of providing
essential and relevant Internet services to users and advertisers:
Established new alliances and partnerships:
• Formed a strategic partnership with Seven Network Limited, a leading media company in Australia, to combine
our Australian Internet business with their rich media and entertainment content to create what we believe will be
one of the most comprehensive and engaging online experiences for local users and advertisers.
• Combined our U.S. Hispanic business with Telemundo, a U.S. Spanish-language television network, creating a
platform for advertisers to reach a large and engaged U.S. Hispanic audience.
• Entered into an agreement with Hewlett Packard Company to deliver Yahoo! services including Yahoo! Front
Page, Yahoo! Search and a co-branded toolbar on HP’s consumer personal computers in the U.S. and Europe.
• Entered into an agreement with Acer Inc. to deliver Yahoo! services including Yahoo! Search, a co-branded
Yahoo! Front page and toolbar on Acer’s consumer personal computers worldwide.
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• Entered into new and expanded agreements to distribute our mobile offerings including Yahoo! Search and
Yahoo! Go for Mobile services onto mobile devices, including Research in Motion’s Blackberry devices and
certain Motorola mobile devices.
• Formed a strategic partnership with eBay, making Yahoo! the exclusive provider of graphical advertising and
complementary search advertising on eBay’s U.S. website.
• Announced a strategic partnership with a consortium of more than 150 daily U.S. newspapers to deliver search,
display and classified advertising to consumers in the communities where they live and work.
• Invested in Right Media Inc., an online advertising exchange providing Yahoo! with another marketplace for its
non-premium inventory.
Invested in new and existing offerings to further improve user experience:
• Redesigned our front page (www.yahoo.com) with new and enhanced features and an easy-to-navigate design.
• Rolled out Yahoo! Answers — our free platform that allows users to ask and answer questions in an easy-to-use
environment — internationally to now include 13 countries.
• Launched the next generation Yahoo! Messenger, which expands beyond free PC-to-PC calling to high quality
PC-to-phone and phone-to-PC in many countries throughout the world for our U.S. users.
• Launched the Windows version of Yahoo! Go for Mobile, offering users Yahoo! services on their mobile devices,
including Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Photos, plus quick access to their personalized Internet
content.
• Launched our enhanced Maps product, with an improved user interface, which provides users an interactive look
and feel with new features such as multi-point driving directions, local content integration, larger main map and
dynamic pan, zoom and re-center technology, aerial satellite imagery and international maps coverage.
• Launched the next generation Yahoo! Video, an online video destination that combines the power of Yahoo!
Search to find videos on the Internet with new upload and community features.
• Launched Yahoo! Tech, a source of plain-English advice and information about choosing and using consumer
electronics including computers, digital camera and cell phones.
• Launched Yahoo! Food, a comprehensive site dedicating to delivering the best food information and content
online as well as a searchable recipe database and personalization features.
Enhanced offerings and systems to improve monetization
• Launched our new search marketing system, known as Project Panama, in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2006.
This new system is designed to provide a more relevant search experience to users, more valuable customer leads
to advertisers, and additional opportunities to our distribution partners.
• Initiated beta launch of search and display advertising to mobile devices in test markets, including the U.S., UK
and Japan.
Since our formation we have made a number of strategic acquisitions, including business combinations, asset
acquisitions and investments. We expect to continue to acquire or make investments in companies, products,
services and technologies in the future. See Note 3 — “Acquisitions” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements, which appears in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information related
to our acquisitions.
Our accomplishments are possible because of our dedicated, highly skilled and talented employees. We believe that
Yahoo! attracts among the most highly qualified and accomplished scientists, engineers, design specialists,
marketers and professionals. We seek to recruit and retain people who thrive on the opportunity Yahoo! provides
to solve some of the most technically challenging problems benefiting hundreds of millions of users across a range
of areas, including search, communications, media, mobility, community, data and advertising.
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OFFERINGS TO BUSINESSES
As part of our strategy to provide the most efficient and effective marketing services for businesses, we are
committed to providing a comprehensive set of Internet marketing solutions for advertisers. There is ongoing
growth in the advertising market and an increasing shift in advertisers’ use of online media as audiences shift toward
the Internet from traditional media. We are committed to capitalizing on this shift and helping our advertisers create
and execute Internet marketing solutions that both engage users to interact with our advertisers’ brands as well as
provide valuable insights into their customer base. We utilize our continuing research of the marketplace and our
understanding of our users and their interests to offer a suite of targeted marketing services for our advertisers to
meet the full range of their needs from brand building to consumer awareness, direct marketing, lead generation and
commerce services. Our offerings enable marketers to display their advertisements in different formats and in
different locations on the Yahoo! Properties and off-network on our affiliates’ websites.
Advertisers can display graphical advertisements on the pages that are viewed by our users across the Yahoo!
Properties and on our affiliates’ websites. Yahoo! offers a broad range of tools available for online display
advertising, including rich media, video and targeting. We work with our advertisers to maximize the effectiveness
of their campaigns by optimizing advertisement formats and placement on the network. We also use our targeting
capabilities to help advertisers reach their desired audiences by placing contextually relevant advertisements on our
pages. For these advertising services, we earn revenue as “impressions” are delivered. An “impression” is delivered
when an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users.
Advertising is also provided through a series of search offerings that enable advertisers to display text based links to
their websites on the Yahoo! Properties, as well as on our affiliates’ websites. These advertisements are displayed in
response to different user actions — when a keyword is used in a search query initiated by a user or when specific
content is being viewed by a user on the Yahoo! Properties or on the websites of our affiliates. For example, if a user
searches using the keyword “television” in the Yahoo! Search box or the search box on the website of one of our
affiliates, two sets of results will appear based upon algorithmic and sponsored search technology. Links to
websites for advertisers selling televisions will appear alongside the algorithmic search results. As another
example, if the user is reading an article about interest rates, he or she may be presented with advertising links to
websites for mortgage-related advertisers. For these advertising services, we earn revenue when “click-throughs”
occur. A “click-through” occurs when a user clicks on an advertiser’s listing. We refer to such advertising services
as “search marketing.”
In addition to offering marketing services to businesses we also provide the following services:
Yahoo! HotJobs is one of the leaders in the online recruiting industry, providing comprehensive solutions for
employers, staffing firms and job seekers. Yahoo! HotJobs’ tools and advice put job seekers in control of their
career search and make it easier and more cost-effective for recruiters and employers to find qualified candidates
compared to traditional methods. Yahoo! HotJobs enables job seekers to create an online resume and to search and
apply for jobs, and provides access to newsletters, online forums and salary research, free of charge. We generate
revenue from employers and staffing firms that pay to access our database of job seekers and use our tools to post,
track and manage job openings.
In late 2006, we formed a strategic partnership with a consortium of newspaper companies that will enable the
newspapers to provide advertisers who list jobs in any of the consortium’s newspapers the ability to also post their
jobs on Yahoo! HotJobs and throughout the Yahoo! network. We believe this arrangement will create a powerful
local and national jobs network, enabling recruitment advertisers to reach a larger, more diverse candidate pool of
both active and passive job seekers. In addition, all of the newspapers’ online career sections will be powered by
Yahoo! HotJobs and co-branded between Yahoo! and the local newspaper.
Yahoo! Small Business provides a comprehensive and integrated suite of fee-based online services including Yahoo!
Domains, Yahoo! Web Hosting, Yahoo! Business Mail and our e-commerce platform called Yahoo! Merchant
Solutions. By integrating one of the leading hosting solutions with business critical services and information,
Yahoo! enables customers to easily get online, sell online, and market and promote online.
Yahoo! Local offers businesses a free service called Yahoo! Local Basic Listing allowing them to post detailed
company information, such as their business hours, contact information, product/services offered and website
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address for Yahoo! users to see. Yahoo! Local also launched a self-serve version of Featured Listings, a simplified
local advertising product for businesses to ensure preferred placement in the Yahoo! Local Sponsored Results
section. Businesses can also submit additional content such as photos, logo and/or marketing information for a
monthly fee through the Yahoo! Local Enhanced Listing service. These Featured and Enhanced Listings products
meet the advertisers’ demands to advertise their local business in a simplified model that is similar to the print
edition of the Yellow Pages.
OFFERINGS TO USERS
Our offerings to users on our Yahoo! Properties currently fall into five categories: Search; Marketplace; Information
and Entertainment; Communications, Communities and Front Doors; and Connected Life.
Search
Our Search offerings are often the starting point for users navigating the Internet and searching for information,
whether from their computer or mobile device. In Search, our goal is to provide the world’s most valued and trusted
search experience for users, advertisers and developers and to enrich people’s lives by enabling them to find, use,
share and expand all human knowledge. In the newly emerging areas of social search and media, our goal is to
create the world’s most valued communities, large and small, to enable people to connect and exchange knowledge,
insights and experiences with each other. Social search and media enable users to leverage their network of friends
and other trusted information sources to improve everyday web browsing and searching experiences.
Our Search product offerings include the following:
• Search — Yahoo! Search; Yahoo! Toolbar and Yahoo! Search on Mobile
• Local — Yahoo! Local; Yahoo! Yellow Pages and Yahoo! Maps
Search
Yahoo! Search, our proprietary algorithmic search technology, provides users with a free comprehensive and highly
relevant online search experience and free Internet search results sorted based on relevance to the user’s search
query. Yahoo! Search discovers and processes billions of documents on the Internet to give users a comprehensive,
up-to-date, and relevant search experience. Pages on the Internet are ranked according to their relevance to a
particular query by analyzing document features, including text, title and description accuracy, source, associated
links, and other unique document characteristics. For example, if the user enters the phrase “hybrid car” into the
Yahoo! Search box, the Yahoo! search technology will search the Internet and return links to what it identifies as the
most relevant websites regarding “hybrid car” on the Internet. A single search gives immediate results from a
database that is updated frequently to capture newly created and changing pages, including late breaking news and
timely events. The search might also return results from Yahoo! Answers, a social search platform that enables our
users to post and answer questions in hundreds of categories. Yahoo! Answers is where millions of users come to
get answers to those questions.
To further extend our reach in social search products, we now provide users with easy ways to remember, search,
organize and share their favorite websites and web pages. Through the popular social bookmarking website
del.icio.us, acquired by Yahoo! in 2005, users are able to access, manage and share their favorite pages on the
Internet from any computer.
In 2006, we enhanced our social media offerings including Image Search, Video and Flickr. Continuing the “hybrid
car” search example above, a user may select a search view link to focus the web results on images, news, video or
other options relevant to the search topic. For example, selecting the “Images” link and entering the search term
“hybrid car” will yield pictures of hybrid cars on the Internet.
Flickr, our popular photo sharing and community site enables users to upload photos and offer the option of keeping
them private, sharing them with a group of invited friends and family, or making them publicly available. Users can
search the photos based on title, descriptions and tags. Access to and basic registration on the site are free. Flickr
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offers premium accounts, which include unlimited upload storage and permanent image archiving as well as other
benefits, for a fee.
Yahoo! Video is an online video destination that hosts Yahoo!’s video search product, which enables users to search
through an index of millions of video results compiled by crawling the web and accepting feeds from multiple sites.
Yahoo! Video also enables individual users and partners to upload video content directly to Yahoo! Video, where it
can then be accessed by other users. The site is free and users can upload an unlimited amount of video content. In
2006, to further enhance our video offerings, Yahoo! acquired Jumpcut, providing an online service for creating,
editing, and sharing videos.
Yahoo! Toolbar is a free web browser add-on that enables users to conveniently access our properties and services
from anywhere on the Internet and provides free security services to enhance the user experience. In 2006, we
released a beta version of the new Toolbar for Internet Explorer which allows users to more easily customize their
toolbar and make customized buttons for one click access to any website.
Yahoo! Search on Mobile enables users to access web, image and local search on their wireless devices. In 2006, we
launched paid mobile advertising, thus enabling monetization of mobile search results and bringing a new consumer
channel to our advertiser base. We also launched several mobile-related partnerships which allow us to distribute
search results and our advertising platform on mobile devices in many countries around the world.
Local
Our Local offerings include three individual properties whose primary services are available free to users: Yahoo!
Local, Yahoo! Yellow Pages, and Yahoo! Maps.
Yahoo! Local is a stand-alone offering, using content and technology from other properties such as Yahoo! Yellow
Pages and Yahoo! Maps to help users find local listings, recommendations, events and user reviews. In 2006, we
introduced new features that enable users to contribute additional types of user content to Yahoo! Local including
photos and tags. A “My Local” dashboard was launched for users to view all of their contributions, organize their
local findings into collections or lists, and share them with the community.
Yahoo! Yellow Pages enables users to quickly connect to local and national merchants in the United States.
Yahoo! Maps provides interactive maps with zooming, real time traffic conditions and incident reports, together
with integrated driving directions. In 2006, we continued to enhance Yahoo! Maps with an improved user interface,
providing users an interactive look and feel with new features such as multi-point driving directions, local content
integration, larger main map and dynamic pan, zoom and re-center technology, aerial satellite imagery and
international maps coverage.
Marketplace
Marketplace offerings are often the starting point for users seeking to purchase products and services on the Internet
and seeking to access free services on the Internet. Our specific Marketplace product offerings include the
following:
• Shopping — Yahoo! Shopping; Kelkoo and Yahoo! Auctions
• Real Estate — Yahoo! Real Estate
• Travel — Yahoo! Travel and Yahoo! FareChase
• Autos — Yahoo! Autos
• Personals — Yahoo! Personals and Yahoo! Personals Premier
Shopping
Yahoo! Shopping provides comprehensive search functionality and comparison-shopping tools for users to find,
research, compare and buy products online. This property also provides a full suite of merchant ratings and product
review tools and in many countries includes the services of Kelkoo, S.A. (“Kelkoo”). We generate revenue from
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merchants when users click-through to their websites or through a revenue share of the final selling value when
users purchase products. We launched the Yahoo! Shopping Bargains Center in late 2006 as part of our redesign of
Yahoo! Shopping. The Bargains Center provides users with coupons, rebates, free shipping offers, and sale items to
help them find the best deals for the products they seek. These deals are updated daily, so users are able to return to
the Bargains Center everyday to find new offers. We generate revenue when users click-through to the offers.
Kelkoo is our International shopping platform, which became part of Yahoo! through an acquisition in 2004. It
provides product search functionality and an online comparison shopping service with operations in 10 European
countries and now also powers the Yahoo! Shopping services in Australia and Taiwan.
Yahoo! Auctions is incorporated into the Yahoo! Shopping platform and is a marketplace for buyers and sellers to
trade goods in an auction-style setting. Yahoo! Auctions connects buyers and sellers and is available free of charge.
Real Estate
Yahoo! Real Estate provides information and services for users who are looking to buy, sell, or rent a home. Users
are able to search across multiple property types such as existing homes, new homes, apartment rentals, foreclo-
sures, and classifieds while also searching based on geography, price and key amenities. Yahoo! Real Estate offers
decision-support tools such as interactive maps, home valuation tools, a variety of calculators including mortgage
and rent vs. own calculators, and content about local neighborhoods, schools, home loans, insurance, moving
services, and finding a real estate agent. In 2006, we updated the look and feel of the Yahoo! Real Estate property
and enhanced many of these features. Yahoo! Real Estate generates revenue from partners who pay to list their
properties on our site.
Travel
Yahoo! Travel is a comprehensive online travel research and booking site for users to find, compare and
conveniently purchase travel products such as airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, vacation packages and
cruises. Yahoo! Travel also includes Yahoo! Trip Planner, a social media product that allows users to document
their personal travel experiences and share those experiences with others. We generate revenue from our travel
partners through a revenue share of the booking value when users make travel arrangements on Yahoo! Travel.
Separately, Yahoo! offers a travel search engine called Yahoo! FareChase. FareChase is an extension of our search
offerings that allows users to search for travel information from multiple travel service providers’ websites
simultaneously and obtain results from all providers on one page for purposes of comparison shopping.
Autos
Yahoo! Autos enables users to research, price and compare cars online. Information and services available free of
charge to our users include vehicle pricing, specification and option information, used car listings, expert reviews,
user reviews and ratings, car comparisons, financing calculators, and new car quotes from dealers. We earn fees on
a per lead basis for transactions completed between our users and automotive manufacturers and dealers. In 2006,
we launched the Yahoo! Autos Green Center that provides expert and user generated content across all types of
alternative fuel vehicles including hybrid, biodiesel, ethanol and natural gas vehicles and includes video, tools,
articles and proprietary green ratings for every car.
Personals
Yahoo! Personals is a leading online dating service. It allows users, free of charge, to post a profile and search for
others with whom to communicate within the Yahoo! Personals community. Users can also send short one-time
messages to others to communicate their interest without charge. With a paid subscription, Yahoo! Personals’ users
can e-mail and use Yahoo! Messenger to communicate with others in the Yahoo! Personals community. The
standard Yahoo! Personals subscription service serves a large population of daters with a user experience that is
tailored to meet the communication needs of today’s online daters. Yahoo! Personals Premier offers deeper
profiling and advanced searching tools.
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Information and Entertainment
Our Information and Entertainment offerings deliver content that is available without charge to our users, and also
provide some of our content on a fee or subscription basis. Our Information and Entertainment offerings include the
following:
• Information — Yahoo! News; Yahoo! Finance; Yahoo! Food; Yahoo! Tech and Yahoo! Health
• Entertainment — Yahoo! Sports; Yahoo! Music; Yahoo! Movies and Yahoo! TV; Yahoo! Games and Yahoo! Kids
Information
Yahoo! News aggregates news stories from news providers such as the Associated Press, Reuters, AFP, The
Washington Post, ABC News, CBS News, National Public Radio, and U.S. News and World Report. Through
Yahoo! News, users receive free up-to-the-minute news coverage with video, text, photos and audio from multiple
sources and points of view. In 2006, we made many enhancements to our offerings, including the award winning
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone, featuring original coverage on armed conflict in the world, and formed a partnership
with CBS Corporation to provide streaming video coverage of the popular news magazine show, 60 Minutes. Local
news coverage was expanded in 2006 through agreements with new partners, including CBS Corporation for local
video content, as well as the December 2006 launch of “You Witness News,” community news video content
provided by users.
Yahoo! Finance provides a comprehensive set of financial resources that range from investment and company
information to personal financial management tools. Free tools are provided to help users manage their personal
finances as well as gather data, news and information for making informed investment decisions. Company
conference call transcripts, analyst research reports and real-time streaming quotes are available through Yahoo!
Finance for a fee. In 2006, Yahoo! Finance launched a free news video initiative that aggregates business news clips
and delivers business-focused video news. Yahoo! Finance also added other new offerings during 2006, such as
streaming quotes, interactive stock charts and enhanced stock message boards to its site.
Yahoo! Food launched in late 2006 as a one-stop online food destination. The site contains free recipes, chef and
restaurant information, food video segments and select blogs dedicated to food topics. Content is provided by
recognized authorities and personalities in the food space and by users through recipe submissions, postings and
reviews.
Yahoo! Tech launched in 2006 and offers users a variety of free information on consumer electronics including
product comparisons, consumer reviews and Hook Me Up, a streaming video product that evaluates consumer
electronics. Yahoo! Tech was developed with the simple philosophy of making technology easy for all Yahoo!
users, especially those without a deep understanding of technology and gadgets.
Yahoo! Health is a comprehensive healthcare destination. Yahoo! Health provides free information on healthy
living, medical conditions clinical trials, diet tools and drugs. The site contains online community tools, complete
with groups focused on popular health topics, as well as blogs provided by recognized experts.
Entertainment
Yahoo! Sports provides a fast, live and interactive online experience for sports fans including original fantasy
games, up-to-the-minute news, real-time statistics and scoring, broadcast programming, integrated shopping, and
an online sports community. Yahoo! Sports has content and marketing relationships with professional sports
organizations and media outlets including the National Basketball Association, Player’s Inc., Major League
Baseball Players’ Association, Sports Illustrated Interactive, Stats, Inc. and the Associated Press. Yahoo! Sports
also offers fee-based fantasy games, real-time statistical trackers and live sports audio broadcasts. In 2006, Yahoo!
Sports entered into a key partnership with the National Football League (“NFL”) to launch a subscription service to
broadcast live NFL games to international users. In addition, the property broadened its free video content to
fantasy users by launching a weekly Fantasy Football Live show.
Yahoo! Music offers a wide selection of free services, including streaming audio, one of the Internet’s largest
collection of music videos, Internet radio, exclusive artist features and music news. Yahoo! Music also offers fee-
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based music services including premium Internet radio and music subscription services. Nissan Live Sets is the
latest offering of exclusive artist features, incorporating original artist performances with social networking
elements, allowing users to submit photos, blog and interact with the artists. Yahoo! Music also promotes user
generated content through programs such as Get Your Freak On, where fans can submit their own videos of their
favorite artists and Yahoo! Music edits together the best clips. With a library of more than two million songs, the
Yahoo! Music Unlimited (“YMU”) service is available to users for a low monthly or annual subscription fee. With
YMU users can build personalized music libraries, transfer tracks to portable devices, purchase permanent
downloads, access commercial-free Internet radio stations, develop personalized music recommendations based
on ratings and musical tastes, as well as share and discover music with friends through Yahoo! Messenger.
Yahoo! Movies and Yahoo! TV offer free entertainment services which include compelling and exclusive video
content such as trailers, clips and never-before-seen extras, entertainment news, photo galleries, and reviews.
Yahoo! Movies features paid-for film promotions for major movie studios, including Disney, Sony, Warner Bros.,
Universal and Fox. Yahoo! Movies also provides coverage of the Oscars and other Red Carpet events. Yahoo! TV
partners with key television networks, producers and content creators to provide users a deeper, more engaging
experience with their favorite programs including a best of breed, comprehensive guide to Fall TV which features
exclusive full-length episodes and clips of the season’s hottest shows. Additionally Yahoo! TV partners with Mark
Burnett Productions to produce and host “The Apprentice” website on Yahoo! TV. Releases for 2006 included
“THE 9”, a daily collection of some of the most popular content on the Internet, packaged in a format that makes it
easy for viewers to get a quick download of what’s hot on the Web every weekday morning. In addition, in the
fourth quarter of 2006, we launched the Talent Show, an eight week competition to discover original talent on the
Internet and to bring original, high quality user generated video content to our users.
Yahoo! Games offers free classic board, card, arcade and word games along with downloadable games, game
strategy guides, shopping guides, gaming news, tournaments, leagues and reviews on computer and console
videogames. Our integration of games with Yahoo! Messenger allows users to see what games their friends are
playing and join the game through Yahoo! Messenger. Yahoo! Games also offers a variety of fee-based premium
game downloads.
Yahoo! Kids, formerly known as Yahooligans, is a free entertainment and educational Internet guide designed for
children ages six to twelve. Yahoo! Kids offerings include games, reference materials and movie information.
Additionally, in 2006, Yahoo! Kids expanded its content to include a “study zone” section with resources for
classroom and after class exploration.
Communications, Communities and Front Doors
Our Communications, Communities and Front Doors offerings provide a wide range of communication services to
users and small businesses including those that extend a wide range of Yahoo! services beyond the browser and
across a variety of devices and through our access alliances. We offer some services free of charge to our users and
also provide some of our services on a fee or subscription basis. Our offerings include the following:
• Communications — Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice
• Communities — Yahoo! Communities and Yahoo! Photos
• Front Doors — Yahoo! Front Page and My Yahoo!
Communications
Yahoo! Mail is a free global service available in over 20 languages that provides users with a full-featured e-mail
experience including industry-leading spam and virus protection, significant free storage and attachment size
capacity, advanced search capabilities, and robust address book functionality. In addition to our basic e-mail
service, for a subscription fee we offer Yahoo! Mail Plus, a premium mail service providing a number of premium
features, including personalized spam filter, additional storage capacity, graphical ad blocker, and personalized
stationery. In 2006, we extended the reach of the beta version of Yahoo! Mail which provides a faster experience
with enhanced functionality, such as drag and drop e-mail organization and message previews in addition to other
enhanced features to a wider audience of Yahoo! users around the world.
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The Yahoo! Messenger with Voice instant messaging (“IM”) service provides a free, interactive and personalized
way for people to connect and share experiences with their friends, family and colleagues in real time. Yahoo!
Messenger’s communications suite integrates leading Yahoo! services including Games, Music, Photos, and
Search. Yahoo! Messenger allows users to stay connected to each other through text IM, e-mail, video or mobile
messaging. In 2006, we launched the next generation version of IM, which connects users of Yahoo! Messenger and
MSN Messenger to create the largest IM community in the world. In addition, the new version of Yahoo!
Messenger offers enhanced voice calling capabilities, allowing calls to and from traditional and mobile phones.
Additionally, in 2006, we introduced custom plug-ins, which are free mini applications that users can add to their
IM to make it more personalized and interactive.
Communities
Yahoo! Communities helps users build and manage identity and relationships, and includes properties such as
Groups, 360™, Message Boards and Photos. Yahoo! 360™ is an innovative free service providing users with an
integrated experience, seamlessly bringing together popular communications, content and community services
such as Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Photos, Yahoo! Music and Yahoo! Groups with sharing tools for recommending
favorite movies, restaurants, music and more. Yahoo! Communities provides users with the opportunity to discover,
connect and interact with other users who share similar interests and ideas.
Yahoo! Photos makes it easy for people to upload, store and share their photos for free. In 2006, we launched the
limited beta of the next generation version of Yahoo! Photos which offers desktop-like functionality including
drag-and-drop organization, tagging, comments and advanced search capabilities. Users can also order high-
quality prints and photo gifts as a premium service and pick-up their prints in one hour from their local Target store.
Front Doors
Yahoo! Front Page (www.yahoo.com) serves as a free navigation hub and entry point into the Yahoo! Properties.
Among many available features on the page are the ability to perform an Internet search, read the latest news, link to
Yahoo! websites in the Yahoo! Properties, and view promotions from Yahoo!’s advertisers.
My Yahoo! is our free, personalized Web information service that allows registered members to create a personal
profile and organizes and delivers information of personal interest to the user via a user-customized interface. The
My Yahoo! platform allows us to deliver targeted advertising and transaction-based services on behalf of our
advertisers and partners.
Connected Life
Yahoo!’s Connected Life group includes the Company’s mobile, co-branded broadband, digital home and PC
desktop services. The Connected Life group offers services designed to give consumers easy access to integrated
Yahoo! content and communities across a variety of Internet-enabled devices including mobile devices, televisions
and the PC desktop.
Yahoo! Mobile — Yahoo! Mobile focuses on extending consumers’ Internet communities and personalized content
to their mobile phones. Throughout 2006, Yahoo! extended the Company’s offerings in mobile services through a
range of new partnerships and product launches. In 2006, Yahoo! launched a number of new ways for consumers to
access their Yahoo! services, including Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Mobile Web, and Yahoo! Go for Mobile. Through
relationships with leading mobile operators and device manufacturers, Yahoo! is able to bring a wide range of
services into consumers’ hands. Consumers in many countries throughout the world can access Yahoo!’s mobile
services such as Yahoo! Go for Mobile, Yahoo! Mobile Web, Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger.
Yahoo! has also developed advertising opportunities on mobile devices. Yahoo! has launched pilot programs for
mobile sponsored search in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In November 2006, Yahoo!
launched a beta version of its display advertising platform for the Yahoo! Mobile Web service in the United States
and later that month announced that Yahoo! will become Vodafone’s exclusive display advertising partner in the
UK.
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Yahoo! Broadband — Yahoo! has partnered with a number of broadband Internet access providers to provide a suite
of Internet services for customers of these partner Internet access service offerings. We have strategic partnerships
with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications, Inc. in the United States, an ongoing Internet access partnership
with BT Telecommunications PLC in the United Kingdom and Rogers Cable Inc. (“Rogers”) in Canada and have
recently entered into a partnership with Telecom New Zealand.
Yahoo! Digital Home — The Yahoo! Digital Home initiative focuses on delivering Yahoo! content and personalized
information through user interfaces designed for viewing on the television or other devices. With products like
Yahoo! Go for TV, Yahoo! Digital Home is building a platform that will deliver many forms of Web content (music,
videos, and photos) to the television. Yahoo! is also working with partners to develop applications for emerging
digital home technology such as AT&T’s IPTV based Uverse product offering and AT&T Homezone which
combines satellite TV programming, communications features and high speed Internet in one integrated receiver.
Other Yahoo! Digital Home applications such as the integration of Yahoo! Fantasy Sports deliver contextual
Internet content to enhance the television viewing experience.
Yahoo! PC Desktop — Yahoo! PC Desktop services makes it easy for users to keep up-to-date on and to interact
with their Yahoo! services and other Internet based information on PC desktop without using an Internet browser
application. Yahoo! Widgets is a platform that allows consumers to take advantage of more than 4,000 lightweight
applications that may reside on a user’s PC desktop to perform a wide variety of tasks and provide access to an array
of information.
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
We manage and measure our business geographically. Our principal geographies are the United States and
International. We seek to increase our global audience of users by developing Internet offerings focused on specific
geographic regions both domestically and internationally. Additional information required by this item is
incorporated herein by reference to Note 15 — “Segments” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements,
which appears in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We provide services in more than 20 languages in more than 20 countries, regions and territories, including
localized versions of Yahoo! in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong,
India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Northern Europe and Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden),
Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the United States. We also provide some of
our most popular and point-of-entry services through Yahoo! Asia (our portal to Southeast Asia including
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam), Yahoo! Chinese (United States Chinese language site),
Yahoo! Telemundo (United States Hispanic site), Yahoo! Canada en français (French Canadian site) and Yahoo! en
Català (part of Yahoo! Spain’s Catalan language offerings). Outside of Yahoo’s English-speaking markets, we have
built independent, localized-language directories, websites and other content, developed by native speakers of each
language. We own a majority or 100 percent of these international operations (except in Australia, New Zealand,
China and Japan), and have established offices worldwide to facilitate the local development of these businesses.
We have pursued a consistent strategy of content aggregation with leading third parties and currently plan to
continue to introduce certain selected services for our international markets.
SALES
We maintain three primary channels for selling our marketing services: direct, online, and telemarketing. Our direct
advertising sales team focuses on selling our marketing services and solutions to leading advertising agencies and
marketers in the United States. Our online channel is fulfilled by a self-service program that enables advertisers to
place targeted text based links to their websites on the Yahoo! Properties as well as on our affiliates’ websites. Our
telemarketing channel focuses on sales of marketing services to small- and medium- sized businesses. We have
combined our graphical and search marketing sales teams under the common leadership to better respond to
advertisers who are increasingly using both forms of advertising on Yahoo! Properties to achieve their desired
marketing goals. No individual customer represented more than 10 percent of our revenues in 2004, 2005 or 2006.
We employ sales professionals in locations across the United States, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas,
Detroit, Hillsboro, the Los Angeles area, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Sunnyvale. Our sales organization
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consults regularly with agencies and advertisers on design and placement of online advertising, and provides
customers with measurements and analyses of advertising effectiveness as well as effective consumer insights that
can be turned into marketing campaigns. In addition to our geographic sales structure, we have industry focused
sales teams for automotive, consumer packaged goods, entertainment, finance, retail, pharmaceuticals, sports,
technology, telecommunications and travel. In international markets, we have either our own internal sales
professionals or we have established sales agency relationships in more than 20 countries.
MARKETING
We believe that world-class marketing can be a competitive advantage. The Yahoo! brand is one of the most widely
recognized in the world. Maintaining and growing that brand enables us to attract, retain, and more deeply engage
users and advertisers. We believe a great brand begins with a great product. Yahoo! marketing engages in each step
of product development, deployment and management to understand our offerings and how best to market them to
our audience of potential and existing users. Our marketing communications efforts help accelerate product
momentum, awareness, adoption, and engagement. We use online, television, print, radio and outdoor advertising,
and we leverage our global online network and our distribution partnerships to market our products and services to
the right people at the right time. With continued investment in global brand and product marketing, we believe we
can continue to attract and engage users and advertisers.
COMPETITION
We operate in the Internet products, services and content market, which is highly competitive and characterized by
rapid change, converging technologies, and increasing competition from companies offering communication,
information and entertainment services integrated into other products and media properties. We primarily compete
with companies to attract users to our website and advertisers to our marketing services. We expect the market to
become increasingly competitive if online marketing continues to grow and gain acceptance on a global basis.
Globally, our most significant competition is from Google Inc. (“Google”), Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”)
and Time Warner’s America Online business (“AOL” or “America Online”).
The principal competitive factors relating to attracting and retaining users include the quality and relevance of our
search results, and the usefulness, accessibility, integration and personalization of the online services that we offer
as well as the overall user experience on our website. In the case of attracting advertisers, the principal competitive
factors are the reach, effectiveness and efficiency of our marketing services as well as the creativity of the marketing
solutions that we offer.
We also compete for customers, users and advertisers with many other providers of online services, including web
businesses where expertise in a particular market segment may provide a competitive advantage and with social
media and networking competitors.
Internationally, we compete with local portals that are predominantly supported by local telecommunication
providers, or local providers of specific locally designed and marketed Internet services, some of which may have a
potential competitive advantage due to an existing direct billing relationship with their users.
We believe that we are effectively competing in the Internet services market as we continue to refine our search
technology, build onto our existing online properties and services, and further improve our users’ experience.
Additional information regarding competition is included in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Yahoo! continually enhances, expands and launches products and features to meet evolving user, advertiser and
publisher needs for technological innovation and a deeper, more integrated experience.
As a complement to our core engineering and production teams, we also have scientists working in our Yahoo!
Research Labs dedicated to developing novel algorithms and technology that empower users, businesses, and
advertisers worldwide to maximize the social and economic potential of the Internet. Yahoo! performs research to
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address fundamental problems facing users such as: making their search for information on the Internet easier and
more relevant; bringing them tools to help solve their problems; finding new and better ways for them to connect
and communicate with family and community; and guiding family and friends towards high-quality products,
songs, movies, and other resources. We also use technology to match relevant business services with customers
most likely to be interested in such services. Yahoo! Research Berkeley is a research facility that operates in a
unique partnership between Yahoo! Research Labs and the University of California at Berkeley (“UCB”). We
believe this is a mutually beneficial intellectual property arrangement, and an opportunity for students and staff at
UCB to gain access to resource and scale typically not afforded in the academic environment. The mission of
Yahoo! Research Berkeley is to explore and invent social media and mobile media technology and applications that
will enable people to create, describe, share, find and remix media on the web.
Most of our software products and features are developed internally; however, we purchase technology and license
intellectual property rights when the opportunity is strategically aligned, operationally compatible and econom-
ically advantageous. We believe that Yahoo! is not materially dependent upon licenses and other agreements with
third parties relating to product development.
Yahoo! launched its new search marketing system, known as Project Panama, in the fourth quarter of 2006. We have
been transitioning our advertisers on to the new system in the United States and will begin transitioning our
advertisers in international markets in the second quarter of 2007. This system provides advertisers with additional
tools for budgeting, testing and optimizing their marketing campaigns. This new system also provides a new
ranking model launched in early February 2007 that ranks ads by relevance in addition to keyword bid price. We
believe the new search marketing system will provide a more relevant search experience to users, more valuable
customer leads to advertisers, and additional opportunities to our distribution partners.
Also during 2006, we introduced the Hack Yahoo! Program, which is designed to encourage and empower
employee and third-party innovation. This global program consists of a speaker series, an intranet site and blog,
workshops, and quarterly “Hack Days” that are an ongoing opportunity to foster and celebrate the creativity of our
employees and third parties. Consistent with this spirit of innovation and openness, we sponsored the Yahoo!
Developer Network which makes Yahoo!’s infrastructure, platform and audience accessible to third-parties via
Application Programming Interfaces (or APIs.) This has established a mutually beneficial ecosystem, in which
thousands of developers have used and built upon technology from Yahoo! services, including Yahoo! Search,-
Yahoo! Photos and Yahoo! Maps, to further increase the relevance of Yahoo! products and services for individual
users and the greater community.
Our engineering and production teams are primarily located in our Sunnyvale, California headquarters and in
Carlsbad, California; Burbank, California; Dallas, Texas; and Bangalore, India. Our research teams are located in
our Sunnyvale, California headquarters and in Berkeley, California; Burbank, California; New York, New York;
Barcelona, Spain; and Santiago, Chile. We have internally developed, acquired or licensed the products and
services we offer. Product development expenses for 2004, 2005 and 2006 totaled approximately $381 million,
$570 million, and $833 million, respectively, which included stock-based compensation expense of $12 million,
$22 million and $145 million, respectively.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We create, own and maintain a wide array of intellectual property assets that we believe are among our most
valuable assets. Our intellectual property assets include patents and patent applications related to our innovations,
products and services; trademarks related to our brands, products and services; copyrights in software and creative
content; trade secrets; and other intellectual property rights and licenses of various kinds. We seek to protect our
intellectual property assets through patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and other laws of the United States
and other countries, and through contractual provisions. We enter into confidentiality and invention assignment
agreements with our employees and contractors, and non-disclosure agreements with third parties with whom we
conduct business in order to limit access to, and disclosure of, our proprietary information. We consider the Yahoo!
trademark and our many related trademarks to be among our most valuable assets and we have registered these
trademarks in the United States and other countries throughout the world and aggressively seek to protect them. We
have licensed in the past, and expect that we may license in the future, certain of our proprietary rights, such as
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trademark, patent, copyright and trade secret rights to third parties. Additional information regarding certain risks
related to our intellectual property is included in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2006, we had approximately 11,400 full-time employees. Our future success is substantially
dependent on the performance of our senior management and key technical personnel, as well as our continuing
ability to attract and retain highly qualified technical and managerial personnel. Additional information regarding
certain risks related to our employees is included in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Our website is located at http://www.yahoo.com. Our investor relations website is located at
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/. We make available free of charge on our investor relations website under
“SEC Filings” our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K
and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such
materials to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Further, a copy of this annual report on
Form 10-K is located at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C.
20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and
other information regarding our filings at http://www.sec.gov.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
We face significant competition from large-scale Internet content, product and service aggregators, princi-
pally Google, Microsoft and AOL.
We face significant competition from companies, principally Google, Microsoft and AOL, that have aggregated a
variety of Internet products, services and content in a manner similar to Yahoo!. Google’s Internet search service
directly competes with us for affiliate and advertiser arrangements, both of which are key to our business and
operating results. Additionally, Google offers many other services that directly compete with our services,
including a consumer e-mail service, desktop search, local search, instant messaging, photos, maps, shopping
services and advertising solutions. Microsoft has introduced its own Internet search service with paid search and
may release features that may make Internet searching capabilities a more integrated part of its Windows operating
system. AOL has access to content from Time Warner’s movie, television, music, book, periodical, news, sports and
other media holdings; access to a network of cable and other broadband users and delivery technologies; and
considerable resources for future growth and expansion. Some of the existing competitors and possible additional
entrants may have greater operational, strategic, financial, personnel or other resources than we do, as well as
greater brand recognition either overall or for certain products and services. We expect these competitors
increasingly to use their financial and engineering resources to compete with us, individually, and potentially in
combination with each other. In certain of these cases, most notably AOL, our competition has a direct billing
relationship with a greater number of their users through Internet access and other services than we have with our
users through our premium services. This relationship may permit such competitors to be more effective than us in
targeting services and advertisements to the specific preferences of their users thereby giving them a competitive
advantage. If our competitors are more successful than we are in developing compelling products or attracting and
retaining users or advertisers, then our revenues and growth rates could decline.
We also face competition from other Internet service companies, including Internet access providers, device
manufacturers offering online services and destination websites.
Our users must access our services through Internet access providers, including wireless providers and providers of
cable and broadband Internet access. To the extent that an access provider or device manufacturer offers online
services competitive with those of Yahoo!, the user may elect to use the services or properties of that access provider
or manufacturer. In addition, the access provider or manufacturer may make it difficult to access our services by not
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listing them in the access provider’s or manufacturer’s own directory or by providing Yahoo! with less prominent
listings than the access provider, manufacturer, or a competitor’s offerings. Such access providers and manufac-
turers may prove better able to target services and advertisements to the preferences of their users. If such access
providers and device manufacturers are more successful than we are in developing compelling products or
attracting and retaining customers, users or advertisers, then our revenues could decline. Further, to the extent that
Internet access providers, mobile service providers or network providers increase the costs of service to users or
restrict Yahoo!’s ability to deliver products, services and content to end users or increase our costs of doing so, our
revenues could decline.
We also compete for customers, users and advertisers with many other providers of online services, including
destination websites and social media and networking sites. Some of these competitors may have more expertise in
a particular segment of the market, and within such segment, have longer operating histories, larger advertiser or
user bases, and more brand recognition or technological features than we offer.
In the future, competitors may acquire additional competitive offerings, and if we are unable to complete strategic
acquisitions or investments, our business could become less competitive. Further, competitors may consolidate
with each other to become more competitive, and new competitors may enter the market. If our competitors are
more successful than we are in developing compelling products or attracting and retaining users, advertisers or
customers, then our revenues and growth rates could decline.
We face significant competition from traditional media companies which could adversely affect our future
operating results.
We also compete with traditional media companies for advertising. Most advertisers currently spend only a small
portion of their advertising budgets on Internet advertising. If we fail to persuade existing advertisers to retain and
increase their spending with us and if we fail to persuade new advertisers to spend a portion of their budget on
advertising with us, our revenues could decline and our future operating results could be adversely affected.
If we are unable to provide search technologies and other services which generate significant traffic to our
websites, or we are unable to enter into or continue distribution relationships that drive significant traffic to
our websites, our business could be harmed, causing our revenues to decline.
We have deployed our own Internet search technology to provide search results on our network. We have more
limited experience in operating our own search service than do some of our competitors. Internet search is
characterized by rapidly changing technology, significant competition, evolving industry standards and frequent
product and service enhancements. We must continually invest in improving our users’ experience, including
search relevance, speed and services responsive to their needs and preferences, to continue to attract, retain and
expand our user base. If we are unable to provide search technologies and other services which generate significant
traffic to our websites, or if we are unable to enter into distribution relationships that continue to drive significant
traffic to our websites, our business could be harmed, causing our revenues to decline.
The majority of our revenues are derived from marketing services, and the reduction in spending by or loss
of current or potential advertisers would cause our revenues and operating results to decline.
For the year ended December 31, 2006, 88 percent of our total revenues came from marketing services. Our ability
to continue to retain and grow marketing services revenue depends upon:
• maintaining our user base;
• maintaining our popularity as an Internet destination site;
• broadening our relationships with advertisers to small- and medium- sized businesses;
• attracting advertisers to our user base;
• increasing demand for our marketing services by advertisers, users, businesses and affiliates, including prices
paid by advertisers, the number of searches performed by users, the rate at which users click-through to
commercial search results and advertiser perception of the quality of leads generated by our marketing services;
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• the successful implementation, and acceptance by advertisers and affiliates, of our systems improvements to
increase monetization of our search marketing;
• the successful development and deployment of technology improvements to our marketing system;
• maintaining our affiliate program for our search marketing;
• deriving better demographic and other information from our users; and
• driving acceptance of the web in general and of Yahoo! in particular by advertisers as an advertising medium.
In many cases, our agreements with advertisers have terms of one year or less, or, in the case of search marketing,
may be terminated at any time by the advertiser. Search marketing agreements often have payments dependent
upon usage or click-through levels. Accordingly, it is difficult to forecast marketing services revenues accurately.
However, our expense levels are based in part on expectations of future revenues, including occasional guaranteed
minimum payments to our affiliates in connection with search and/or display advertising, and are fixed over the
short-term with respect to certain categories. Any reduction in spending by or loss of existing or potential future
advertisers would cause our revenues to decline. Further, we may be unable to adjust spending quickly enough to
compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall.
In certain markets, we depend on a limited number of sources to direct a significant percentage of users
and businesses to our service to conduct searches, and a loss of any of these sources could harm our operat-
ing results.
A significant percentage of users and businesses that conduct searches and access our search marketing listings
comes from a limited number of sources in certain markets. In addition to the Yahoo! Properties, sources for users
are members of our affiliate network, including portals, browsers and other affiliates. Our agreements with affiliates
vary in duration, and depending on the agreement, provide varying levels of discretion to the affiliate in the
implementation of search marketing, including the degree to which affiliates can modify the presentation of the
search marketing listings on their websites or integrate search marketing with their own services. The agreements
may be terminable upon the occurrence of certain events, including failure to meet certain service levels, material
breaches of agreement terms, changes in control or in some instances, at will. We may not be successful in renewing
our affiliate agreements on as favorable terms or at all. The loss of affiliates providing significant users or
businesses or an adverse change in implementation of search marketing by any of these affiliates could harm our
ability to generate revenue, our operating results and cash flows from operations.
We may not be able to generate substantial revenues from our alliances with Internet access providers.
Through alliances with Internet access providers, we offer access services that combine customized content and
services from Yahoo! (including browser and other communications services) and Internet access from third party
access providers. We may not be able to retain the alliances with our existing Internet access providers or to obtain
new alliances with Internet access providers on terms that are reasonable. In addition, these Internet access services
compete with many large companies such as AOL, Microsoft, Comcast Corporation and other established Internet
access providers. In certain of these cases, our competition has substantially greater market presence (including an
existing user base) and greater financial, technical, marketing or other resources. As a result of these and other
competitive factors, the Internet access providers with which we have formed alliances may not be able to attract,
grow or retain their customer bases, which would negatively impact our ability to sell customized content and
services through this channel and, in turn, reduce our anticipated revenues from our alliances.
Some of our shared revenue arrangements may not generate anticipated revenues.
We typically receive co-branded revenue through revenue sharing arrangements or a portion of transactions
revenue. In some cases, our revenue arrangements require that minimum levels of user impressions be provided by
us. These arrangements expose us to potentially significant financial risks in the event our usage levels decrease,
including the following:
• the revenue we are entitled to receive may be adjusted downwards;
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• we may be required to “make good” on our obligations by providing additional advertising or alternative services;
• the partners of co-brand services may not renew the arrangements or may renew at lower rates; and
• the arrangements may not generate anticipated levels of shared transactions revenue, or partners may default on
the payment commitments in such agreements as has occurred in the past.
Accordingly, any leveling off or decrease of our user base (or usage by our existing base) or the failure to generate
anticipated levels of shared transactions revenue could result in a significant decrease in our revenues.
Decreases or delays in advertising spending by our advertisers due to general economic conditions could
harm our ability to generate advertising revenue.
Expenditures by advertisers tend to be cyclical, reflecting overall economic conditions and budgeting and buying
patterns. Since we derive most of our revenues from advertising, any decreases in or delays in advertising spending
due to general economic conditions could reduce our revenues or negatively impact our ability to grow our
revenues.
Financial results for any particular period do not predict results for future periods.
There can be no assurance that the purchasing pattern of advertisers on the Yahoo! Properties will not fluctuate, that
advertisers will not make smaller and shorter-term purchases, or that market prices for online advertising will not
decrease due to competitive or other factors. In addition, there can be no assurance that the volume of searches
conducted, the amounts bid by advertisers for search marketing listings or the number of advertisers that bid in our
search marketing marketplace will not vary widely from period to period. As revenues from new sources increase, it
may become more difficult to predict our financial results based on historical performance. You should not rely on
the results for any period as an indication of future performance.
We estimate tax liabilities, the final determination of which is subject to review by domestic and interna-
tional taxation authorities.
We are subject to income taxes and other taxes in both the United States and the foreign jurisdictions in which we
currently operate or have historically operated. We are also subject to review and audit by both domestic and foreign
taxation authorities. The determination of our worldwide provision for income taxes and current and deferred tax
assets and liabilities requires judgment and estimation. In the ordinary course of our business, there are many
transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe our tax
estimates are reasonable, the ultimate tax outcome may materially differ from the tax amounts recorded in our
consolidated financial statements and may materially affect our income tax provision, net income or cash flows in
the period or periods for which such determination is made.
We rely on the value of our brands, and a failure to maintain or enhance the Yahoo! brands in a cost-effec-
tive manner could harm our operating results.
We believe that maintaining and enhancing our brands, including those that contain the Yahoo! name as well as
those that do not, is an important aspect of our efforts to attract and expand our user and advertiser base. We also
believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase due to the relatively low barriers to entry in the
Internet market. We have spent considerable money and resources to date on the establishment and maintenance of
our brands, and we anticipate spending increasing amounts of money on, and devoting greater resources to,
advertising, marketing and other brand-building efforts to preserve and enhance consumer awareness of our brands.
We may not be able to successfully maintain or enhance consumer awareness of our brands and, even if we are
successful in our branding efforts, these efforts may not be cost-effective. If we are unable to maintain or enhance
customer awareness of our brands in a cost-effective manner, our business, operating results and financial condition
could be harmed.
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If we are unable to license or acquire compelling content at reasonable costs or if we do not develop or
commission compelling content of our own, the number of users of our services may not grow as antici-
pated, or may decline, or users’ level of engagement with our services may decline, all or any of which
could harm our operating results.
Our future success depends in part upon our ability to aggregate compelling content and deliver that content through
our online properties. We license much of the content on our online properties, such as news items, stock quotes,
weather reports, maps and audio and video content from third parties. We have been providing increasing amounts
of audio and video content to our users, and we believe that users will increasingly demand high-quality audio and
video content, such as music, film, speeches, news footage, concerts and other special events. Such content may
require us to make substantial payments to third parties from whom we license or acquire such content. For
example, our music and entertainment properties rely on major sports organizations, radio and television stations,
record labels, music publishers, cable networks, businesses, colleges and universities, film producers and distrib-
utors, and other organizations for a large portion of the content available on our properties. Our ability to maintain
and build relationships with third-party content providers will be critical to our success. In addition, as new methods
for accessing the Internet become available, including through alternative devices, we may need to enter into
amended content agreements with existing third-party content providers to cover the new devices. Also, to the
extent that Yahoo! develops content of its own, Yahoo!’s current and potential third-party content providers may
view our services as competitive with their own, and this may adversely affect their willingness to contract with us.
We may be unable to enter into new, or preserve existing, relationships with the third parties whose content we seek
to obtain. In addition, as competition for compelling content increases both domestically and internationally, our
content providers may increase the prices at which they offer their content to us, and potential content providers may
not offer their content to us or offer it on terms agreeable to us. An increase in the prices charged to us by third-party
content providers could harm our operating results and financial condition. Further, many of our content licenses
with third parties are non-exclusive. Accordingly, other webcasters and other media such as radio or television may
be able to offer similar or identical content. This increases the importance of our ability to deliver compelling
editorial content and personalization of this content for users in order to differentiate Yahoo! from other businesses.
If we are unable to license or acquire compelling content at reasonable prices, if other companies broadcast content
that is similar to or the same as that provided by Yahoo!, or if we do not develop compelling editorial content or
personalization services, the number of users of our services may not grow as anticipated, or may decline, which
could harm our operating results.
Our intellectual property rights are valuable, and any inability to protect them could reduce the value of
our brand image and harm our business and our operating results.
We create, own and maintain a wide array of intellectual property assets, including copyrights, patents, trademarks,
trade dress, trade secrets and rights to certain domain names, which we believe are among our most valuable assets.
We seek to protect our intellectual property assets through patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and other laws
of the United States and other countries of the world, and through contractual provisions. The efforts we have taken
to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights may not be sufficient or effective at stopping unauthorized
use of those rights. In addition, effective trademark, patent, copyright and trade secret protection may not be
available or cost-effective in every country in which our products and media properties are distributed or made
available through the Internet. There may be instances where we are not able to fully protect or utilize our
intellectual property assets in a manner to maximize competitive advantages. Further, while we attempt to ensure
that the quality of our brand is maintained by our licensees, our licensees may take actions that could impair the
value of our brand, our proprietary rights or the reputation of our products and media properties. We are aware that
third parties have, from time to time, copied significant content available on Yahoo! for use in competitive Internet
services. Protection of the distinctive elements of Yahoo! may not be available under copyright law or trademark
law. If we are unable to protect our proprietary rights from unauthorized use, the value of our brand image may be
reduced. Any impairment of our brand could negatively impact our business. In addition, protecting our
intellectual property and other proprietary rights is expensive and time consuming. Any increase in the unau-
thorized use of our intellectual property could make it more expensive to do business and consequently harm our
operating results.
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We are, and may in the future be, subject to intellectual property infringement claims, which are costly to
defend, could result in significant damage awards, and could limit our ability to provide certain content or
use certain technologies in the future.
Internet, technology, media companies and patent holding companies often possess a significant number of patents.
Further, many of these companies and other parties are actively developing or purchasing search, indexing,
electronic commerce and other Internet-related technologies, as well as a variety of online business models and
methods. We believe that these parties will continue to take steps to protect these technologies, including, but not
limited to, seeking patent protection. As a result, disputes regarding the ownership of technologies and rights
associated with online business are likely to continue to arise in the future. From time to time, parties assert patent
infringement claims against us. Currently, we are engaged in several lawsuits regarding patent issues and have been
notified of a number of other potential disputes.
In addition to patent claims, third parties have asserted, and are likely in the future to assert, claims against us
alleging infringement of copyrights, trademark rights, trade secret rights or other proprietary rights, or alleging
unfair competition or violations of privacy rights or failure to maintain confidentiality of user data. Currently, our
subsidiary LAUNCH Media, Inc. (“LAUNCH”) is engaged in a lawsuit regarding copyright issues that commenced
prior to our acquisition of LAUNCH. In addition, third parties have made, and may continue to make, trademark
infringement and related claims against us over the display of search results triggered by search terms that include
trademark terms.
As we expand our business and develop new technologies, products and services, we may become increasingly
subject to intellectual property infringement claims. In the event that there is a determination that we have infringed
third-party proprietary rights such as patents, copyrights, trademark rights, trade secret rights or other third party
rights such as publicity and privacy rights, we could incur substantial monetary liability, be required to enter into
costly royalty or licensing agreements or be prevented from using the rights, which could require us to change our
business practices in the future and limit our ability to compete effectively. We may also incur substantial expenses
in defending against third-party infringement claims regardless of the merit of such claims. In addition, many of our
agreements with our customers or affiliates require us to indemnify them for certain third-party intellectual property
infringement claims, which could increase our costs in defending such claims and our damages. The occurrence of
any of these results could harm our brand and negatively impact our operating results.
We are subject to United States and foreign government regulation of Internet, mobile, and Voice over Inter-
net Protocol services which could subject us to claims and remedies including monetary liabilities and limi-
tations on our business practices.
We are subject to regulations and laws directly applicable to providers of Internet, mobile, and Voice over Internet
Protocol services both domestically and internationally. The application of existing domestic and international laws
and regulations to Yahoo! relating to issues such as user privacy and data protection, defamation, pricing,
advertising, taxation, gambling, sweepstakes, promotions, billing, real estate, consumer protection, content
regulation, quality of services, telecommunications, mobile and intellectual property ownership and infringement
in many instances is unclear or unsettled. In addition, we will also be subject to any new laws and regulations
directly applicable to our domestic and international activities. Further, the application of existing laws to Yahoo!
or our subsidiaries regulating or requiring licenses for certain businesses of our advertisers including, for example,
distribution of pharmaceuticals, alcohol, adult content, tobacco or firearms, as well as insurance and securities
brokerage and legal services, can be unclear. Internationally, we may also be subject to domestic laws regulating
our activities in foreign countries and to foreign laws and regulations that are inconsistent from country to country.
We may incur substantial liabilities for expenses necessary to comply with these laws and regulations or penalties
for any failure to comply. Compliance with these laws and regulations may also cause us to change or limit our
business practices in a manner adverse to our business.
A number of U.S. federal laws, including those referenced below, impact our business. The Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (“DMCA”) is intended, in part, to limit the liability of eligible online service providers for listing or
linking to third-party websites that include materials that infringe copyrights or other rights of others. Portions of
the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) are intended to provide statutory protections to online service providers
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who distribute third party content. Yahoo! relies on the protections provided by both the DMCA and CDA in
conducting its business. Any changes in these laws or judicial interpretations narrowing their protections will
subject us to greater risk of liability and may increase our costs of compliance with these regulations or limit our
ability to operate certain lines of business. The Children’s Online Protection Act and the Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act are intended to restrict the distribution of certain materials deemed harmful to children and impose
additional restrictions on the ability of online services to collect user information from minors. In addition, the
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act of 1998 requires online service providers to report evidence of
violations of federal child pornography laws under certain circumstances. The costs of compliance with these
regulations may increase in the future as a result of changes in the regulations or the interpretation of them. Further,
any failures on our part to comply with these regulations may subject us to significant liabilities.
Changes in regulations or user concerns regarding privacy and protection of user data could adversely
affect our business.
Federal, state, foreign and international laws and regulations may govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and
security of data that we receive from our users and partners. In addition, we have and post on our website our own
privacy policies and practices concerning the collection, use and disclosure of user data. Any failure, or perceived
failure, by us to comply with our posted privacy policies or with any data-related consent orders, Federal Trade
Commission requirements or other federal, state or international privacy-related laws and regulations could result in
proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others, which could potentially have an adverse effect
on our business.
Further, failure or perceived failure to comply with our policies or applicable requirements related to the collection,
use, sharing or security of personal information or other privacy-related matters could result in a loss of user
confidence in us, damage to the Yahoo! brands, and ultimately in a loss of users, partners or advertisers, which could
adversely affect our business.
A large number of legislative proposals pending before the United States Congress, various state legislative bodies
and foreign governments concern data privacy and retention issues related to our business. It is not possible to
predict whether or when such legislation may be adopted. Certain proposals, if adopted, could impose requirements
that may result in a decrease in our user registrations and revenues. In addition, the interpretation and application of
user data protection laws are in a state of flux. These laws may be interpreted and applied inconsistently from
country to country and inconsistently with our current data protection policies and practices. Complying with these
varying international requirements could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business
practices in a manner adverse to our business.
Acquisitions and strategic investments could result in adverse impacts on our operations and in unantici-
pated liabilities.
We have acquired, and have made strategic investments in, a number of companies (including through joint
ventures) in the past and expect to make additional acquisitions and strategic investments in the future. Such
transactions may result in dilutive issuances of equity securities, use of our cash resources, incurrence of debt and
amortization of expenses related to intangible assets. Our acquisitions and strategic investments to date were
accompanied by a number of risks, including:
• the difficulty of assimilating the operations and personnel of our acquired companies into our operations;
• the potential disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of management;
• additional operating losses and expenses of the businesses we acquired or in which we invested;
• the difficulty of integrating acquired technology and rights into our services and unanticipated expenses related to
such integration;
• the failure to successfully further develop acquired technology resulting in the impairment of amounts currently
capitalized as intangible assets;
• the potential for patent and trademark infringement claims against the acquired company;
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• the impairment of relationships with customers and partners of the companies we acquired or in which we
invested or our customers and partners as a result of the integration of acquired operations;
• the impairment of relationships with employees of the acquired companies or our employees as a result of
integration of new management personnel;
• the difficulty of integrating the acquired company’s accounting, management information, human resources and
other administrative systems;
• our lack of, or limitations on, our control over the operations of our joint venture companies;
• in the case of foreign acquisitions, uncertainty regarding foreign laws and regulations and difficulty integrating
operations and systems as a result of cultural, systems and operational differences; and
• the impact of known potential liabilities or unknown liabilities associated with the companies we acquired or in
which we invested.
We are likely to experience similar risks in connection with our future acquisitions and strategic investments. Our
failure to be successful in addressing these risks or other problems encountered in connection with our past or future
acquisitions and strategic investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions or
investments, incur unanticipated liabilities and harm our business generally.
Our failure to manage growth, diversification and changes to our business could harm us.
We are continuing to grow, diversify and evolve our business both in the United States and internationally. As a
result of the diversification of our business, personnel growth, acquisitions and international expansion in the recent
years, more than one-half of our employees are now based outside of our Sunnyvale, California headquarters. If we
are unable to effectively manage a large and geographically dispersed group of employees or to anticipate our future
growth and personnel needs, our business may be adversely affected.
As we grow and diversify our business, we must also expand and adapt our operational infrastructure. Our business
relies on our data systems, billing systems for our fee-based services, and other operational and financial reporting
and control systems. All of these systems have become increasingly complex in the recent past due to the growing
diversification and complexity of our business, to acquisitions of new businesses with different systems and to
increased regulation over controls and procedures. To effectively manage our technical support infrastructure, we
will need to continue to upgrade and improve our data systems, billing systems, and other operational and financial
systems, procedures and controls. In particular, as our fee-based services for which we bill users grow, any failure
of our billing systems to accommodate the increasing number of transactions and accurately bill users could
adversely affect our business and ability to collect revenue. These upgrades and improvements will require a
dedication of resources and in some cases are likely to be complex. If we are unable to adapt our systems in a timely
manner to accommodate our growth, our business may be adversely affected.
To better and more efficiently manage our business, we recently announced, and are currently implementing, a
reorganization of our structure and management to align our operations with our key customer groups — audiences
and advertisers. Implementing the reorganization requires significant time and resource commitments from our
senior management. In the event that we are unable to effectively implement the reorganization, we are unable to
recruit or retain key employees as a result of the reorganization or the reorganization does not yield the anticipated
benefits, our business may be adversely affected.
We have dedicated considerable resources to provide a variety of premium services, which may not prove to
be successful in generating significant revenue for us.
We offer fee-based enhancements to many of our free services, including e-mail, personals, finance, games, music
and sports. The development cycles for these technologies are long and generally require significant investment by
us. We have and will continue to invest in new products and services. Some of these new products and services may
not be profitable or may not meet anticipated user adoption rates. We have previously discontinued certain non-
profitable premium services and may discontinue others. We must however continue to provide new services that
are compelling to our users while continuing to develop an effective method for generating revenues for such
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services. General economic conditions as well as the rapidly evolving competitive landscape may affect users’
willingness to pay for such services. If we cannot generate revenues from these services that are greater than the
cost of providing such services, our operating results could be harmed.
We expect our operating expenses to continue to increase as we attempt to expand the Yahoo! brand, fund
product development, develop media properties and acquire other businesses or technologies, which could
harm our operating results.
We currently expect that our operating expenses will continue to increase as we expand our operations in areas of
expected growth, continue to develop and extend the Yahoo! brand, fund greater levels of product development,
develop and commercialize additional media properties and premium services, and acquire and integrate com-
plementary businesses and technologies. If our expenses increase at a greater pace than our revenues, our operating
results could be harmed.
If we are unable to retain our existing senior management and key personnel and hire new highly skilled
personnel, we may not be able to execute our business plan.
We are substantially dependent on the continued services of our senior management, including our two founders,
our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief technical officer, and our executive and senior vice
presidents. These individuals have acquired specialized knowledge and skills with respect to Yahoo! and its
operations. The loss of any of these individuals could harm our business. Our business is also dependent on our
ability to retain, hire and motivate talented, highly skilled personnel. The competition for such executives and for
other highly skilled personnel can be intense, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, where our corporate
headquarters, and the headquarters of several of our vertical and horizontal competitors, are located. If we do not
succeed in recruiting, retaining and motivating our key employees and in attracting new key personnel, we may be
unable to meet our business plan and as a result, our stock price may decline.
More individuals are utilizing non-PC devices to access the Internet, and versions of our service developed
or optimized for these devices may not gain widespread adoption by users, manufacturers or distributors of
such devices.
The number of individuals who access the Internet through devices other than a personal computer, such as personal
digital assistants, mobile telephones, televisions and set-top box devices, has increased dramatically, and the trend is
likely to continue. Our services were originally designed for rich, graphical environments such as those available on
desktop and laptop computers. The lower resolution, functionality and memory associated with alternative devices
currently available may make the use of our services through such devices difficult, and the versions of our service
developed for these devices may not be compelling to users, manufacturers or distributors of alternative devices. As
we have limited experience to date in operating versions of our service developed or optimized for users of
alternative devices, and as new devices and new platforms are continually being released, it is difficult to predict the
problems we may encounter in doing so, and we may need to devote significant resources to the creation, support
and maintenance of such versions. If we are unable to attract and retain a substantial number of alternative device
manufacturers, distributors and users to our online services, we may fail to capture a sufficient share of an
increasingly important portion of the market for online services and may fail to attract both advertisers and premium
service subscribers.
We plan to expand operations in international markets in which we may have limited experience or rely on
business partners.
We plan to expand Yahoo! branded online properties and search offerings in international markets. We have
currently developed, through joint ventures, strategic investments, subsidiaries and branch offices, localized
offerings in over 20 countries outside of the United States. As we expand into new international markets, we will
have only limited experience in marketing and operating our products and services in such markets. In other
instances, including our strategic investment in Alibaba, we may rely on the efforts and abilities of foreign business
partners in such markets. Certain international markets may be slower than domestic markets in adopting the
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Internet as an advertising and commerce medium and so our operations in international markets may not develop at
a rate that supports our level of investment.
In international markets we compete with local Internet service providers that may have competitive
advantages.
In a number of international markets, especially those in Asia, Europe and Latin America, we face substantial
competition from local Internet service providers and other portals that offer search, communications and other
commercial services. Many of these companies have a dominant market share in their territories and are owned by
local telecommunications providers which give them a competitive advantage. Local providers of competing
online services may also have a substantial advantage over us in attracting users in their country due to more
established branding in that country, greater knowledge with respect to the tastes and preferences of users residing
in that country and/or their focus on a single market. Further, the local providers may have greater regulatory and
operational flexibility than Yahoo! due to the fact that we are subject to both United States and foreign regulatory
requirements. We must continue to improve our local offerings, become more knowledgeable about our local users
and their preferences, deepen our relationships with our local users as well as increase our branding and other
marketing activities in order to remain competitive and strengthen our international market position.
Our international operations are subject to increased risks which could harm our business, operating results
and financial condition.
In addition to uncertainty about our ability to continue to generate revenues from our foreign operations and expand
our international market position, there are certain risks inherent in doing business internationally, including:
• trade barriers and changes in trade regulations;
• difficulties in developing, staffing and simultaneously managing a large number of varying foreign operations as a
result of distance, language and cultural differences;
• stringent local labor laws and regulations;
• longer payment cycles;
• currency exchange rate fluctuations;
• political or social unrest or economic instability;
• import or export restrictions;
• seasonal volatility in business activity;
• risks related to government regulation or required compliance with local laws in certain jurisdictions, including
those more fully described above; and
• potentially adverse tax consequences.
One or more of these factors could harm our future international operations and consequently, could harm our
brand, business, operating results and financial condition.
We may be subject to legal liability for online services.
We host a wide variety of services that enable individuals and businesses to exchange information, generate content,
advertise products and services, conduct business and engage in various online activities on an international basis.
The law relating to the liability of providers of these online services for activities of their users is currently unsettled
both within the United States and internationally. Claims have been threatened and have been brought against us for
defamation, negligence, copyright or trademark infringement, unlawful activity, tort, including personal injury,
fraud, or other theories based on the nature and content of information that we provide links to or that may be posted
online or generated by our users or with respect to auctioned materials. In addition, Yahoo! was the subject of a
claim brought by certain entities in a French court regarding, among other things, the availability of certain content
within our services which was alleged to violate French law. We may be subject to similar actions in domestic or
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other international jurisdictions in the future. Our defense of any such actions could be costly and involve
significant time and attention of our management and other resources.
We also periodically enter into arrangements to offer third-party products, services or content under the Yahoo!
brand or via distribution on the Yahoo! Properties, including stock quotes and trading information. We may be
subject to claims concerning these products, services or content by virtue of our involvement in marketing,
branding, broadcasting or providing access to them, even if we do not ourselves host, operate, provide, or provide
access to these products, services or content. While our agreements with respect to these products, services and
content, often provide that we will be indemnified against such liabilities, the ability to receive such indemnification
depends on the financial resources of the other party to the agreement and any amounts received may not be
adequate to cover our liabilities.
It is also possible that, if any information provided directly by us contains errors or is otherwise negligently
provided to users, third parties could make claims against us. For example, we offer web-based e-mail services,
which expose us to potential risks, such as liabilities or claims resulting from unsolicited e-mail, lost or misdirected
messages, illegal or fraudulent use of e-mail, or interruptions or delays in e-mail service. Investigating and
defending any of these types of claims is expensive, even to the extent that the claims are without merit or do not
ultimately result in liability.
We may have difficulty scaling and adapting our existing technology architecture to accommodate increased
traffic and technology advances or requirements of our users and advertisers.
As one of the most highly trafficked websites on the Internet, Yahoo! delivers a growing number of products,
services and page views to an increasing number of users around the world. In addition, the products and services
offered by Yahoo! have expanded and changed significantly and are expected to continue to expand and change
rapidly in the future to accommodate new technologies and new means of content delivery, such as rich media audio
and video. Our future success will depend on our ability to adapt to rapidly changing technologies, to adapt our
products and services to evolving industry standards and to improve the performance and reliability of our products
and services. Rapid increases in the levels or types of use of our online properties and services could result in delays
or interruptions in our service.
Widespread adoption of new Internet, networking or telecommunications technologies or other technological
changes could require substantial expenditures to modify or adapt our services or infrastructure. The technology
architectures utilized for our services are highly complex and may not provide satisfactory support in the future, as
usage increases and products and services expand, change and become more complex. In the future, we may make
changes to our architectures and systems, including moving to completely new architectures and systems. Such
changes may be technologically challenging to develop and implement, may take time to test and deploy, may cause
us to incur substantial costs or data loss, and may cause users, advertisers, and affiliates to experience delays or
interruptions in our service. These changes, delays or interruptions in our service may cause users, advertisers and
affiliates to become dissatisfied with our service and move to competing providers of online services. Further, to the
extent that demands for our services increase, we will need to expand our infrastructure, including the capacity of
our hardware servers and the sophistication of our software. This expansion is likely to be expensive and complex
and require additional technical expertise. As we acquire users who rely upon us for a wide variety of services, it
becomes more technologically complex and costly to retrieve, store and integrate data that will enable us to track
each user’s preferences. Any difficulties experienced in adapting our architectures and infrastructure to accom-
modate increased traffic, to store user data and track user preferences, together with the associated costs and
potential loss of traffic, could harm our operating results, cash flows from operations and financial condition.
Our business depends on the continued growth and maintenance of the Internet infrastructure.
The success and the availability of our Internet-based products and services depends in part upon the continued
growth and maintenance of the Internet infrastructure itself, including its protocols, architecture, network back-
bone, data capacity and security. Spam, viruses, worms, spyware, denial of service attacks and other acts of malice
may affect not only the Internet’s speed, reliability and availability but also its continued desirability as a vehicle for
commerce, information and user engagement. If the Internet proves unable to meet the new threats and increased
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demands placed upon it, our business plans, user and advertiser relationships, site traffic and revenues could be
adversely affected.
New technologies could block our advertisements or our search marketing listings, which would harm our
operating results.
Technologies have been developed and are likely to continue to be developed that can block the display of our
advertisements or our search marketing listings. Most of our revenues are derived from fees paid to us by
advertisers in connection with the display of advertisements or our search marketing listings on web pages. As a
result, advertisement-blocking technology could reduce the number of advertisements and search results that we are
able to deliver and, in turn, our advertising revenues and operating results.
We rely on third party providers for our principal Internet connections and technologies, databases and ser-
vices critical to our properties and services, and any errors, failures or disruption in the services provided
by these third parties could significantly harm our business and operating results.
We rely on private third-party providers for our principal Internet connections, co-location of a significant portion of
our data servers and network access. Any disruption, from natural disasters, technology malfunctions, sabotage or
other factors, in the Internet or network access or co-location services provided by these third-party providers or any
failure of these third-party providers to handle current or higher volumes of use could significantly harm our
business, operating results and financial condition. We have little control over these third-party providers, which
increases our vulnerability to disruptions or problems with their services. Any financial difficulties experienced by
our providers may have negative effects on our business, the nature and extent of which we cannot predict. We
license technology and related databases from third parties for certain elements of our properties, including, among
others, technology underlying the delivery of news, stock quotes and current financial information, chat services,
street mapping and telephone listings, streaming capabilities and similar services. We have experienced and expect
to continue to experience interruptions and delays in service and availability for such elements. We also rely on a
third-party provider for key components of our e-mail service. Furthermore, we depend on hardware and software
suppliers for prompt delivery, installation and service of servers and other equipment to deliver our services. Any
errors, failures, interruptions or delays experienced in connection with these third-party technologies and infor-
mation services could negatively impact our relationship with users and adversely affect our brand, our business and
operating results.
We rely on distribution agreements and relationships with various third parties, and any failure to obtain or
maintain such distribution relationships on reasonable terms could impair our ability to fully execute our
business plan.
In addition to our relationships with Internet access providers, to increase traffic for our offerings and make them
more available and attractive to advertisers and users, we have certain distribution agreements and informal
relationships with operators of online networks and leading websites, software companies, electronics companies,
and computer manufacturers. Depending on the distributor and the agreement, these distribution arrangements may
not be exclusive and may only have a short term. Some of our distributors, particularly distributors who are also
competitors or potential competitors, may not renew their distribution agreements with us. In addition, as new
methods for accessing the Internet become available, including through alternative devices, we may need to enter
into amended distributions agreements with existing distributors to cover the new devices and agreements with
additional distributors. In the future, existing and potential distributors may not offer distribution of our properties
and services to us on reasonable terms, or at all. If we fail to obtain distribution or to obtain distribution on terms
that are reasonable, we may not be able to fully execute our business plan.
We rely on third party providers of rich media products to provide the technologies required to deliver rich
media content to our users, and any change in the licensing terms, costs, availability or user acceptance of
these products could adversely affect our business.
We rely on leading providers of streaming media products to license the software necessary to deliver rich media
content to our users. There can be no assurance that these providers will continue to license these products to us on
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reasonable terms, or at all. Our users are currently able to electronically download copies of the software to play
rich media free of charge, but providers of rich media products may begin charging users for copies of their player
software or otherwise change their business model in a manner that slows the widespread acceptance of these
products. In order for our rich media services to be successful, there must be a large base of users of these rich media
products. We have limited or no control over the availability or acceptance of rich media software, and to the extent
that any of these circumstances occur, our business may be adversely affected.
If we fail to prevent click fraud or if we choose to manage undesirable clicks in a way that advertisers find
unsatisfactory, we could lose the confidence of our advertisers as well as face potential litigation, which
could adversely impact our business and profitability.
We are exposed to the risk of click fraud or other clicks that advertisers may perceive as undesirable. If fraudulent
activity occurs and we are unable to detect and prevent it, or if we choose to manage undesirable clicks in a way that
advertisers find unsatisfactory, the affected advertisers may experience or perceive a reduced return on their
investment in our advertising programs which could lead the advertisers to become dissatisfied with our advertising
programs. This could damage our brand and lead to a loss of advertisers and revenue. Advertiser dissatisfaction has
led to litigation alleging click fraud and could potentially lead to further litigation. We may also issue refunds or
credits as a result of such activity. Any increase in costs due to any such litigation, refunds or credits could
negatively impact our profitability.
Interruptions, delays or failures in the provision of our services could damage our brand and harm our
operating results.
Our operations are susceptible to outages and interruptions due to fire, floods, power loss, telecommunications
failures, cyber attacks, terrorist attacks and similar events. In addition, a significant portion of our network
infrastructure is located in Northern California, an area subject to earthquakes. Despite our implementation of
network security measures, our servers are vulnerable to computer viruses, worms, physical and electronic break-
ins, sabotage and similar disruptions from unauthorized tampering with our computer systems. For example, we are
vulnerable to coordinated attempts to overload our systems with data, resulting in denial or reduction of service to
some or all of our users for a period of time. We have experienced a coordinated denial of service attack in the past,
and may experience such attempts in the future. We do not have multiple site capacity for all of our services and
some of our systems are not fully redundant in the event of any such occurrence. In an effort to reduce the likelihood
of a geographical or other disaster impacting our business, we have distributed and intend to continue distributing
our servers among additional data centers located around the world. Failure to execute these changes properly or in
a timely manner could result in delays or interruptions to our service, which could result in a loss of users and
damage to our brand, and harm our operating results. We may not carry sufficient business interruption insurance to
compensate us for losses that may occur as a result of any events, which cause interruptions in our service.
We may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill, amortizable intangible assets
or investments in equity interests become impaired.
We are required under generally accepted accounting principles to review our amortizable intangible assets and
investments in equity interests for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value
may not be recoverable. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at least annually. Factors that may be
considered a change in circumstances indicating that the carrying value of our amortizable intangible assets may not
be recoverable include a decline in stock price and market capitalization, and slower growth rates in our industry.
Factors that may be considered a change in circumstances indicating that the carrying value of an investment in
equity interest may not be recoverable include a decline in the stock price of an equity investee that is a public
company or a decline in the operating performance of an equity investee. We may be required to record a significant
charge to earnings in our consolidated financial statements during the period in which any impairment of our
goodwill, amortizable intangible assets or investments in equity interests is determined. This would adversely
impact our results of operations.
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Our stock price has been volatile historically and may continue to be volatile regardless of our operating
performance.
The trading price of our common stock has been and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations. During the
year ended December 31, 2006, the closing sale prices of our common stock on the Nasdaq ranged from $22.99 to
$43.42 per share and the closing sale price on February 15, 2007 was $31.25 per share. Our stock price may
fluctuate in response to a number of events and factors, such as quarterly variations in operating results;
announcements and implementations of technological innovations or new services, upgrades and media properties
by us or our competitors; changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts; the operating
and stock price performance of other companies that investors may deem comparable to us; the operating
performance of companies in which we have an equity investment, including Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba; and
news reports relating to trends in our markets or general economic conditions.
In addition, the stock market in general, and the market prices for Internet-related companies in particular, have
experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of such companies. These broad
market and industry fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our stock, regardless of our operating
performance. Additionally, volatility or a lack of positive performance in our stock price may adversely affect
our ability to retain key employees, all of whom have been granted stock options or other stock-based awards.
Anti-takeover provisions could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us.
We have adopted a stockholder rights plan and initially declared a dividend distribution of one right for each
outstanding share of common stock to stockholders of record as of March 20, 2001. As a result of our two-for-one
stock split effective May 11, 2004, each share of common stock is now associated with one-half of one right. Each
right entitles the holder to purchase one unit consisting of one one-thousandth of a share of our Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock for $250 per unit. Under certain circumstances, if a person or group acquires
15 percent or more of our outstanding common stock, holders of the rights (other than the person or group triggering
their exercise) will be able to purchase, in exchange for the $250 exercise price, shares of our common stock or of
any company into which we are merged having a value of $500. The rights expire on March 1, 2011, unless extended
by our Board of Directors. Because the rights may substantially dilute the stock ownership of a person or group
attempting to take us over without the approval of our Board of Directors, our rights plan could make it more
difficult for a third party to acquire us (or a significant percentage of our outstanding capital stock) without first
negotiating with our Board of Directors regarding that acquisition.
In addition, our Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 10 million shares of Preferred Stock (of which
2 million shares have been designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock) and to determine the price,
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, of those shares without any further vote or
action by the stockholders.
The rights of the holders of our common stock may be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the
holders of any Preferred Stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of Preferred Stock may have the effect
of delaying, deterring or preventing a change of control of Yahoo! without further action by the stockholders and
may adversely affect the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock. Further, certain provisions of
our charter documents, including provisions eliminating the ability of stockholders to take action by written consent
and limiting the ability of stockholders to raise matters at a meeting of stockholders without giving advance notice,
may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control or management of Yahoo!, which could have an
adverse effect on the market price of our stock. In addition, our charter documents do not permit cumulative voting,
which may make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of our Board of Directors. Further, we are subject
to the anti-takeover provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which will prohibit us
from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date
of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, even if such combination is favored by a
majority of stockholders, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. The application of
Section 203 also could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or management.
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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
Our headquarters is located in Sunnyvale, California and consists of owned and leased space aggregating
approximately 1.7 million square feet. In 2006, we purchased additional land in Santa Clara, California. Office
space is also leased in Amsterdam, Bangalore, Buenos Aires, Calgary, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Echirolles,
Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Oslo, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Montreal, Mumbai, Munich, New
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Delhi, Osaka, Paris, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto and Trondheim. We
also lease offices in various locations in the United States, including Atlanta, Berkeley, Boston, Chicago, Columbus,
Dallas, Detroit, Hillsboro, the Los Angeles Area, Miami, New York, Orlando, Reston, the San Diego Area, the
San Francisco Bay Area, the Seattle Area, and Washington, D.C. Our data centers are operated in locations in the
United States, Europe and Asia.
We believe that our existing facilities are adequate to meet current requirements, and that suitable additional or
substitute space will be available as needed to accommodate any further physical expansion of operations and for
any additional sales offices.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, third parties assert patent infringement claims against Yahoo!. Currently, we are engaged in
several lawsuits regarding patent issues and have been notified of a number of other potential patent disputes. In
addition, from time to time we are subject to other legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business,
including claims of alleged infringement of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property
rights, claims related to employment matters, and a variety of other claims, including claims alleging defamation or
invasion of privacy, arising in connection with our e-mail, message boards, auction sites, shopping services and
other communications and community features.
On May 24, 2001, Arista Records, Inc., Bad Boy Records, BMG Music d/b/a The RCA Records Label, Capitol
Records, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., Interscope
Records, Motown Record Company, L.P., and Zomba Recording Corporation filed a lawsuit alleging copyright
infringement against LAUNCH Media, Inc. (“LAUNCH”) in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York. The plaintiffs allege, among other things, that the consumer-influenced portion of
LAUNCH’s LAUNCHcast service is “interactive” within the meaning of Section 114 of the Copyright Act and
therefore does not qualify for the compulsory license provided for by the Copyright Act. The Complaint seeks
declaratory and injunctive relief and damages for the alleged infringement. After the lawsuit was commenced,
Yahoo! entered into an agreement to acquire LAUNCH, which closed in August 2001, and since that time LAUNCH
has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo!. Because LAUNCH settled the LAUNCH litigation as to all other
plaintiffs, BMG Music d/b/a/ The RCA Records Label is the sole remaining plaintiff in this proceeding. On
November 4, 2005, the Court issued an order denying the plaintiff’s summary judgment motions as to interactivity
and willful infringement. A trial date has been set for April 16, 2007. We do not believe it is feasible to predict or
determine the outcome or resolution of the LAUNCH litigation at this time. The range of possible resolutions of
such LAUNCH litigation could include judgments against LAUNCH or settlements that could require substantial
payments by LAUNCH.
On July 12, 2001, the first of several purported securities class action lawsuits was filed in the United States District
Court, Southern District of New York against certain underwriters involved in Overture Services Inc.’s (“Overture”)
initial public offering, Overture, and certain of Overture’s current and former officers and directors. The Court
consolidated the cases against Overture. Plaintiffs allege, among other things, violations of the Securities Act of
1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 involving undisclosed compensation to the underwriters, and
improper practices by the underwriters, and seek unspecified damages. Similar complaints were filed in the same
court against numerous public companies that conducted initial public offerings of their common stock since the
mid-1990s. All of these lawsuits were consolidated for pretrial purposes before Judge Shira Scheindlin. On
April 19, 2002, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, alleging Rule 10b-5 claims of fraud. On July 15, 2002, the
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issuers filed an omnibus motion to dismiss for failure to comply with applicable pleading standards. On October 8,
2002, the Court entered an Order of Dismissal as to all of the individual defendants in the Overture IPO litigation,
without prejudice. On February 19, 2003, the Court denied the motion to dismiss the Rule 10b-5 claims against
certain defendants, including Overture. Overture accepted a proposal for the settlement and release of claims
against the issuer defendants, including Overture. The settlement was presented to the Court in June 2004. On
February 15, 2005, the Court issued an order granting conditional preliminary approval of the settlement proposal.
On August 31, 2005, the Court issued an order confirming preliminary approval of the settlement. On April 24,
2006, the Court held a fairness hearing in connection with the motion for final approval of the settlement. The Court
has yet to issue a ruling on the motion for final approval. The settlement remains subject to a number of conditions,
including final approval of the Court. On December 5, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed
the Court’s October 2004 order certifying a class in six test cases that were selected by the underwriter defendants
and plaintiffs in the coordinated proceeding. Overture is not one of the test cases and it is unclear what impact this
will have on the class in Overture’s case. If the settlement does not occur, and litigation against Overture continues,
we intend to defend the case vigorously.
We do not believe, based on current knowledge, that any of the foregoing legal proceedings or claims are likely to
have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. However, we may incur
substantial expenses in defending against third party claims. In the event of a determination adverse to Yahoo! or its
subsidiaries, we may incur substantial monetary liability, and be required to change our business practices. Either of
these could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2006.
Part II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
Market Information for Common Stock
Yahoo! Inc. common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “YHOO.” The
following table sets forth the range of high and low per share sales prices as reported for each period indicated and
reflects all stock splits effected:
2005 2006
High Low High Low
First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38.90 $30.30 $43.66 $29.75
Second quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38.95 $32.29 $34.09 $28.60
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38.02 $31.60 $33.74 $24.60
Fourth quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43.45 $32.77 $28.56 $22.65
Stockholders
We had 11,152 stockholders of record as of February 15, 2007.
Dividends
We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We presently do not have plans to pay any
cash dividends in the near future.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
In October 2006 we acquired the outstanding stock of Kenet Works AB. On December 11, 2006, we issued an
aggregate of 119,931 shares of our common stock to several shareholders of Kenet Works AB in satisfaction of a
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portion of the purchase price. The December 11, 2006 issuance of our shares was made in reliance upon an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation D
or the safe harbors provided by Regulation S. The shareholders who received shares of our common stock made
representations to us as to their accredited investor status or non-U.S. person status and as to their investment intent
and financial sophistication. The shares are subject to certain restrictions on transfer, including a restriction on
transfer absent compliance with Regulation D, the safe harbors provided by Regulation S or other available
exemption from or registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Stock repurchase activity during the three months ended December 31, 2006 was as follows:
Approximate Dollar
Total Number of Value of Shares
Shares Purchased that May Yet be
Total Number Average as Part of a Purchased Under
of Shares Price Paid Publicly Announced the Programs
Period Purchased(1) per Share Program (in 000s)(1)(2)
October 1 — October 31, 2006. . . . . . 8,461,728 $29.54 8,461,728 $3,000,000
November 1 — November 30, 2006 . . — — — $3,000,000
December 1 — December 31, 2006 . . — — — $3,000,000
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,461,728 $29.54 8,461,728
(1)
The shares repurchased in the three months ended December 31, 2006 were under our stock repurchase program that was announced in
March 2005 with an authorized level of $3.0 billion. This program was to expire by its terms in March 2010.
(2)
In October 2006, our Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program for us to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of our
outstanding shares of common stock from time to time over the next five years, depending on market conditions, share price, and other
factors. Repurchases may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including derivative transactions, and
maybe made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
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Performance Graph
This performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Yahoo! under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or
the Exchange Act.
The following graph compares, for the five year period ended December 31, 2006, the cumulative total stockholder
return for the Company’s common stock, the Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S. companies) Index (the “Nasdaq Market
Index”), the Goldman Sachs Internet Trading Index (the “GIN”) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (the
“S&P 500 Index”). Measurement points are the last trading day of each of the Company’s fiscal years ended
December 31, 2001, December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003, December 31, 2004, December 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2006. The graph assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2001 in the common stock of the
Company, the Nasdaq Market Index, the GIN and the S&P 500 Stock Index and assumes reinvestment of any
dividends. The stock price performance on the following graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price
performance.
$500
$450
$400
$350
$300
$250
$200
$150
$100
$50
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12/31/2001 12/31/2002 12/31/2003 12/31/2004 12/31/2005 12/31/2006
Yahoo! Inc. NASDAQ Market Index GIN S&P 500 Index
12/31/2001 12/31/2002 12/31/2003 12/31/2004 12/31/2005 12/31/2006
Yahoo! Inc. $100.00 $92.16 $253.83 $424.80 $441.71 $287.94
NASDAQ Market Index $100.00 $68.47 $102.72 $111.54 $113.07 $123.84
GIN $100.00 $71.17 $137.86 $169.91 $195.52 $190.34
S&P 500 Index $100.00 $76.63 $ 96.85 $105.56 $108.73 $123.54
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Consolidated Statements of Income Data:
Years Ended December 31,
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 953,067 $1,625,097 $3,574,517 $5,257,668 $6,425,679
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . $ 88,188 $ 295,666 $ 688,581 $1,107,725 $ 940,966
Net income before cumulative effect
of accounting change(*) . . . . . . . . . . $ 106,935 $ 237,879 $ 839,553 $1,896,230 $ 751,391
Cumulative effect of accounting
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (64,120) — — — —
(*)
Net income ................... $ 42,815 $ 237,879 $ 839,553 $1,896,230 $ 751,391
Net income per share before
cumulative effect of accounting
change — basic(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.09 $ 0.19 $ 0.62 $ 1.35 $ 0.54
Cumulative effect of accounting
change per share — basic . . . . . . . . (0.05) — — — —
Net income per share — basic(*) . . . . . $ 0.04 $ 0.19 $ 0.62 $ 1.35 $ 0.54
Net income per share before
cumulative effect of accounting
change — diluted(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.09 $ 0.18 $ 0.58 $ 1.28 $ 0.52
Cumulative effect of accounting
change per share — diluted . . . . . . . (0.05) — — — —
(*)
Net income per share — diluted .... $ 0.04 $ 0.18 $ 0.58 $ 1.28 $ 0.52
Shares used in per share calculation —
basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,187,677 1,233,480 1,353,439 1,400,421 1,388,741
Shares used in per share calculation —
diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,220,120 1,310,796 1,452,499 1,485,591 1,457,686
Consolidated Balance Sheets Data:
December 31,
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . $ 234,073 $ 415,892 $ 823,723 $ 1,429,693 $ 1,569,871
Marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . $1,299,965 $2,150,323 $2,918,539 $ 2,570,155 $ 1,967,414
Working capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 558,190 $1,013,913 $2,909,768 $ 2,245,481 $ 2,276,148
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,790,181 $5,931,654 $9,178,201 $10,831,834 $11,513,608
Long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 84,540 $ 822,890 $ 851,782 $ 1,061,367 $ 870,948
Total stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . $2,262,270 $4,363,490 $7,101,446 $ 8,566,415 $ 9,160,610
(*) Our net income for 2002 included the cumulative effect of changing our method of accounting for goodwill in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” Our net income for 2004 included gains related
to sales of an investment of $314 million, net of tax, or $0.23 per basic share or $0.22 per diluted share. Our net income for 2005 included
gains related to sales of an investment of $580 million, net of tax; a gain related to the divestiture of Yahoo! China in connection with the
Alibaba transaction of $205 million, net of tax; and a tax benefit of $248 million related to a subsidiary restructuring transaction. In
aggregate, these items had an impact of $1,033 million on net income, or $0.74 per basic share or $0.70 per diluted share. For the year ended
December 31, 2006, as a result of adopting Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”
(“SFAS 123R”), our income from operations was lower by $324 million and our net income was lower by $222 million, than if we had
continued to account for stock-based compensation under Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”). Basic and diluted net income per share for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $0.16 and $0.15 lower,
respectively, than if the Company had continued to account for stock-based compensation under APB 25.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to current and historical information, this Report contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to our future operations,
prospects, potential products, services, developments and business strategies. These statements can, in some cases,
be identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “intend,” “expect,” “plan,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of such terms
or other comparable terminology. This Report includes, among others, forward-looking statements regarding our:
• expectations about revenues for marketing services and fees;
• expectations about growth in users;
• expectations about cost of revenues and operating expenses;
• expectations about effective tax rate;
• expectations about our announced reorganization;
• anticipated capital expenditures;
• evaluation of possible acquisitions of, or investments in, businesses, products and technologies; and
• expectations about positive cash flow generation and existing cash and investments being sufficient to meet
normal operating requirements.
These statements involve certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties
include, among others, those listed in Part 1 Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We do not
intend, and undertake no obligation, to update any of our forward-looking statements after the date of this Report to
reflect actual results or future events or circumstances.
Overview
We are a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Our mission
is to connect people to their passions, their communities and the world’s knowledge. We seek to provide Internet
services that are essential and relevant to our global audience of users and advertisers. To our global audience of
users, we provide our owned and operated online properties and services (the “Yahoo! Properties”). To our
advertisers, we provide a range of tools and marketing solutions designed to enable them to reach our community of
users through the Yahoo! Properties and our distribution network of third-party entities (referred to as “affiliates”)
who have integrated our search and/or display advertising offerings into their websites.
We offer a broad range of innovative and high quality Internet products and services that are designed to provide our
users with the power to connect, communicate, create, access, and share information online. We seek to provide
efficient and effective marketing services for advertisers to reach our global audience of users. Our focus is on
engaging more deeply with users and increasing the user base on the Yahoo! Properties, thereby enhancing value for
our advertisers. We believe that we can increase our existing and potential user base and our users’ engagement on
the Yahoo! Properties not only by offering compelling Internet services, but also by effectively integrating search,
community, personalization and content to create a more powerful user experience.
Many of our services are free to users. We generate revenues by providing marketing services to advertisers across a
majority of our properties and by charging our users for premium services. We classify these revenues as either
marketing services or fees. Our offerings to users currently fall into five categories — Search; Marketplace;
Information and Entertainment; Communications, Communities and Front Doors; and Connected Life. See Part I
Business — “Offerings to Users” for additional information. The majority of our offerings are available globally in
more than 20 languages. We manage and measure our business geographically. Our principal geographies are the
United States and International.
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Revenue Sources
Marketing Services Revenue. The majority of our marketing services revenue is from sales of online display
advertising and is generated from several offerings including: the display of rich media advertisements, display of
text based links to an advertiser’s website, listing based services, and commerce based transactions.
We recognize revenue from the display of graphical advertisements (“display advertising”) on the Yahoo!
Properties and on the websites of our affiliates as “impressions” are delivered. An “impression” is delivered
when an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users. We also recognize revenue from the display of text based
links to the websites of our advertisers (“search advertising”) which are placed on the Yahoo! Properties and also on
the websites of our affiliates who have integrated our search offerings into their websites. We recognize revenue
from these arrangements as “click-throughs” occur. A “click-through” occurs when a user clicks on an advertiser’s
listing.
Marketing services revenue also includes listings revenue and transaction revenue. Listings revenue is generated
from a variety of consumer and business listings-based services, including access to the Yahoo! HotJobs database
and classifieds such as Yahoo! Autos, Yahoo! Real Estate and other services. We recognize listings revenue when
the services are performed. Transaction revenue is generated from facilitating commercial transactions through the
Yahoo! Properties, principally from Yahoo! Travel and Yahoo! Shopping. We recognize transaction revenue when
there is evidence that qualifying transactions have occurred, for example, when travel arrangements are booked
through Yahoo! Travel.
Fees Revenue. Fees revenue consists of revenues generated from a variety of consumer and business fee-based
services, including Internet broadband services, premium mail, music and personals offerings, as well as services
for small businesses. We recognize fees revenue when the services are performed.
2006 Performance Highlights
Revenues Our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased 22 per-
cent year over year to $6.4 billion, with unique users up 16 percent
year over year, fee paying users up 29 percent year over year, and page
views up 22 percent year over year.
Income from Operations Operating income for the year ended December 31, 2006 declined year
over year primarily due to the adoption, on a modified prospective
basis, of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”)
No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”)
on January 1, 2006, which resulted in stock-based compensation
expense of $425 million for the year ended December 31, 2006,
compared to $52 million during the prior year.
Stock Repurchases We repurchased 93.1 million shares of our common stock during the
year ended December 31, 2006 at an average price of $29.84 per share,
compared to 11.7 million shares at an average price of $33.20 per
share during the prior year.
Years Ended December 31, 2005-2006
Operating Highlights 2005 2006 Change
(In thousands)
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,257,668 $6,425,679 $1,168,011
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,107,725 $ 940,966 $ (166,759)
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Years Ended December 31, 2005-2006
Cash Flow Highlights 2005 2006 Change
(In thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,711,383 $ 1,371,576 $(339,807)
Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (821,930) $ (193,681) $ 628,249
Net cash used in financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (250,600) $(1,094,624) $(844,024)
Our revenue growth for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to the prior year, can be attributed to an
increasing number and activity level of users across our offerings on the Yahoo! Properties and through our
distribution network of affiliates. Marketing services revenues and fees revenues experienced 22% and 20% year
over year growth, respectively.
Cash generated from our operations is a measure of the cash productivity of our business model and is an area of
focus for us. Our operating activities in 2006 generated adequate cash to meet our operating needs. Cash used in
investing activities in 2006 included capital expenditures of $689 million (including $112 million for a purchase of
land in Santa Clara, California), as well as cash consideration for acquisitions, including the strategic investments in
Right Media Inc., an online advertising exchange, and Gmarket Inc., a retail e-commerce provider in South Korea.
Cash used in financing activities in 2006 reflected our net cash used for direct and structured stock repurchases of
$2.0 billion, offset by cash proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $318 million as a result of the exercise of
employee stock options.
Summary
We believe the search queries, page views, click-throughs and related marketing services revenues and fees
revenues correlate to the number and activity level of users across our offerings on the Yahoo! Properties. In the
fourth quarter of 2006, we launched a new search marketing system, referred to as Project Panama, and we have
been transitioning our advertisers on to the new system gradually in the United States and will begin transitioning
our advertisers in international markets in the second quarter of 2007. We believe the new search marketing system,
including the new ranking model which was launched in the United States in the first quarter of 2007, will enable us
to provide a more relevant search experience to users, more valuable customer leads to advertisers, and additional
opportunities to our distribution partners. By providing a platform for our users that brings together our search
technology, content, and community while allowing for personalization and integration across devices, we seek to
become more essential to, increase our share of, and deepen the engagement of, our users with our products and
services. We believe this deeper engagement of new and existing users and our new search marketing system,
coupled with the growth of the Internet as an advertising medium will increase our revenues in 2007.
In the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis, we discuss the following areas of our financial results:
• Results of Operations;
• Business Segment Results;
• Transactions;
• Liquidity and Capital Resources;
• Critical Accounting Policies, Judgments and Estimates; and
• Recent Accounting Pronouncements.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth selected information on our results of operations as a percentage of revenues for the
periods indicated:
Years Ended
December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100% 100% 100%
Cost of revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 40 42
Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 60 58
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 20 20
Product development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 13
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 8
Amortization of intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 2
Total operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 39 43
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 21 15
Other income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 27 2
Income before income taxes, earnings in equity interests, and minority
interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 48 17
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) (14) (7)
Earnings in equity interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 2
Minority interests in operations of consolidated subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23% 36% 12%
Revenues. Revenues by groups of similar services were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Years Ended December 31, 2004-2005 2005-2006
(*) (*) (*)
2004 2005 2006 % Change % Change
Marketing services. . . . . . . . . . $3,127,229 87% $4,593,972 87% $5,627,207 88% 47% 22%
Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447,288 13% 663,696 13% 798,472 12% 48% 20%
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . $3,574,517 100% $5,257,668 100% $6,425,679 100% 47% 22%
(*)
Percent of total revenues.
Marketing Services Revenue. Marketing services revenue for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased by
approximately $1,033 million, or 22 percent, as compared to the prior year. Our marketing services revenue in 2006
was impacted by declining revenues from our relationship with Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), which
completed the transition of its United States search business in-house during 2006. Marketing services revenue for
the year ended December 31, 2005 increased by approximately $1,467 million, or 47 percent, as compared to 2004.
The year over year growth in marketing services revenue in 2006, despite the impact of Microsoft’s transition, and
in 2005 can be attributed to a combination of factors that have driven increased marketing service revenue across the
Yahoo! Properties both domestically and internationally. These included an increase in our user base and activity
levels on the Yahoo! Properties, which resulted in a higher volume of search queries, page views and click-throughs.
On the Yahoo! Properties, our number of unique users worldwide as of December 31, 2006 was approximately
16 percent higher than the number of unique users as of December 31, 2005, which was 6 percent higher than
December 31, 2004. Unique users refers to our internal estimates of the number of people who visited the Yahoo!
Properties in a given month.
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During the year ended December 31, 2006, we refined our method for computing changes in the volume of page
views and searches and average revenue per page view and search to include only page views (which include
searches) on the Yahoo! Properties and searches performed on our affiliate network sites, and to exclude the impact
of content match links. Since the introduction of the content match offering in 2005, the growth in the number of
content match links on our affiliate network sites has been significant but the related revenues have not been
proportionate, resulting in a disproportionate impact on our volume and revenue yield measures as computed under
our prior methodology.
Using this refined method, which we believe more accurately reflects trends in our volume and revenue yield
measures, the combined number of page views and searches increased by approximately 21 percent in the year
ended December 31, 2006, compared to the prior year. The combined number of page views and searches increased
by approximately 28 percent in the year ended December 31, 2005, compared to the same period in 2004 using our
refined method. The increases in the volume of page views and searches can be attributed to an increased number of
users, an increased number of affiliates, and an expanded offering of properties which increased our inventory of
page views. The combined average revenue per page view and search increased by approximately one percent in the
year ended December 31, 2006, compared to the same period in 2005. Our combined revenue per page view and
search in 2006 benefited as we expanded our offerings on the Yahoo! Properties, introduced new inventory with
different yields and better monetized our inventory. The combined average revenue per page view and search
increased by approximately 14 percent in the year ended December 31, 2005, compared to the same period in 2004.
This increase resulted primarily from sales mix changes from period to period as we expanded our offerings on the
Yahoo! Properties and introduced new inventory with differing yields.
We believe our growing number of users, advertisers and inventory, both on and off our network, over the past
couple of years has been driving the increases in our marketing services revenues. We believe our expanding
offerings, including our enhanced algorithmic search technology, contribute to our growing number of users. As
our user base increases, we generate a higher number of page views, which we view as inventory, and process a
higher number of search queries which potentially result in a higher number of impressions and paid clicks. We also
believe that our growing audience of users makes the Yahoo! Properties more attractive to advertisers and increases
their spending on marketing services. Further, we believe the growth in users on the Yahoo! Properties and on the
Internet overall reflects the increasing acceptance, importance and dependence of users on the Internet. As a result
of the increasing online audience, we believe advertisers are shifting a greater percentage of their spending from
traditional media to the Internet to reach this growing audience.
Fees Revenue. For the year ended December 31, 2006, fees revenue increased approximately $135 million, or
20 percent, as compared to the prior year. The year over year growth is associated with an increase in the number of
paying users for our fee-based services, which numbered 16.3 million as of December 31, 2006, compared to
12.6 million as of December 31, 2005, an increase of 29 percent. The impact of this increase in our number of
paying users was offset by a reduction in the average monthly revenues per paying user. For the year ended
December 31, 2005, fees revenue increased approximately $216 million, or 48 percent, as compared to 2004 of
which $46 million related to acquisitions. Approximately $147 million was associated with an increase in the
number of paying users for our fee-based services, which were 12.6 million as of December 31, 2005 compared to
8.4 million as of December 31, 2004, an increase of 50 percent.
Our increased base of paying users was due to user growth across most of our offerings, with the largest growth
generated from new Internet broadband subscribers. Our fee-based services include Internet broadband services,
sports, music, games, personals, and premium mail offerings, as well as our services for small businesses. Average
monthly revenue per paying user decreased to approximately $3.50 for the year ended December 31, 2006,
compared to approximately $4.00 for the same periods in 2005 and 2004. The decline in average monthly revenue
per paying user reflects the continued growth of paying users in our services with lower fees.
We currently expect marketing services revenue to increase in absolute dollars for 2007 compared to 2006 as we
seek to increase users and traffic on our Yahoo! Properties by providing a more relevant search experience to users,
providing more relevant and valuable customer leads to advertisers from our new search marketing system, by
continuously improving our technologies to expand our offerings, and by further benefiting from expected growth
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in the online advertising market. We also currently expect fees revenue to increase in absolute dollars for 2007
compared to 2006 as we expect to increase our number of paying users in 2007.
Costs and Expenses: Operating costs and expenses were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Years Ended December 31, 2004-2005 2005-2006
(1) (1)
2004 2005 2006(2) (1)
% Change % Change(2)
Cost of revenues(3) . . . . . . . . . . . $1,342,338 38% $2,096,201 40% $2,675,723 42% 56% 28%
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . $ 787,649 22% $1,033,947 20% $1,322,259 20% 31% 28%
Product development . . . . . . . . . $ 380,770 11% $ 569,527 11% $ 833,147 13% 50% 46%
General and administrative . . . . . $ 273,262 7% $ 341,073 6% $ 528,798 8% 25% 55%
Amortization of intangibles(3) . . . $ 101,917 3% $ 109,195 2% $ 124,786 2% 7% 14%
(1)
Percent of total revenues.
(2)
Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS 123R and recorded stock-based compensation expense under the fair value method. Prior to
January 1, 2006, we accounted for stock-based compensation under Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) and used the intrinsic value method. In the year ended December 31, 2006, we recorded
$425 million of stock-based compensation expense compared to $52 million and $32 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and
2004, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense is included in the same income statement category as the cash compensation paid to
the recipient of the stock-based award.
(3)
For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 cost of revenues included amortization expense of $113 million, $64 million, and
$44 million, respectively, relating to acquired intellectual property rights and developed technology.
Stock-based compensation expense was allocated as follows (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Cost of revenues . . . . . . . . ............................. $ — $ — $ 6,621
Sales and marketing . . . . . . ............................. 9,620 8,698 155,084
Product development . . . . . ............................. 12,010 22,390 144,807
General and administrative . ............................. 10,660 21,383 118,418
Total stock-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,290 $52,471 $424,930
See Note 1 — “The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” and Note 12 — “Employee
Benefits” in the consolidated financial statements, as well as our Critical Accounting Policies, Judgments and
Estimates, for additional information about stock-based compensation.
Cost of Revenues. Cost of revenues consists of traffic acquisition costs and other expenses associated with the
production and usage of the Yahoo! Properties, including amortization of acquired intellectual property rights and
developed technology.
Traffic Acquisition Costs (“TAC”). TAC consists of payments made to affiliates who have integrated our search
and/or display advertising offerings into their websites and payments made to companies that direct consumer and
business traffic to the Yahoo! Properties. We enter into agreements of varying duration that involve TAC. There are
generally three economic structures of the affiliate agreements: fixed payments based on a guaranteed minimum
amount of traffic delivered, which often carry reciprocal performance guarantees from the affiliate; variable
payments based on a percentage of our revenue or based on a certain metric, such as number of searches or paid
clicks; or a combination of the two. We expense TAC under two different methods. Agreements with fixed
payments are expensed ratably over the term the fixed payment covers, and agreements based on a percentage of
revenue, number of paid introductions, number of searches, or other metrics are expensed based on the volume of
the underlying activity or revenue multiplied by the agreed-upon price or rate.
Other Cost of Revenues. Other cost of revenues consists of fees paid to third parties for content, Internet
connection charges, data center costs, server equipment depreciation, technology license fees, amortization of
acquired intellectual property rights and developed technology, and compensation related expenses.
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Cost of revenues were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Years Ended December 31, 2004-2005 2005-2006
(*) (*) (*)
2004 2005 2006 % Change % Change
TAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 974,814 27% $1,561,737 30% $1,865,924 29% 60% 19%
Other cost of revenues. . . . . . . . . . 367,524 11% 534,464 10% 809,799 13% 45% 52%
Cost of revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,342,338 38% $2,096,201 40% $2,675,723 42% 56% 28%
(*)
Percent of total revenues.
Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased approximately $580 million, or 28 percent,
compared to the prior year. The increase included $304 million of additional TAC, as well as increases of
$75 million in server equipment depreciation and maintenance costs, $55 million in content costs, and $49 million
in amortization of developed technology and intellectual property rights acquired. Internet connection charges and
data center costs also increased by $36 million in 2006, compared to 2005.
The year over year increase in TAC of 19 percent in 2006 was primarily driven by our 22 percent growth in
marketing services revenue, higher average TAC rates and a product mix change toward revenue streams that have
associated TAC. The year over year increase in TAC in 2006 was also impacted by reduced TAC related to our
relationship with Microsoft, which completed the transition of its United States Search business in-house during the
year. The increase in depreciation expense and data center costs primarily resulted from our increased investment in
information technology assets. The increase in content costs was primarily from our expanded offerings some of
which required content for new and enhanced services on Yahoo! Properties including video, music, sports, and
games. The increase in the amortization of developed technology and intellectual property rights acquired resulted
from our continued investments in, and acquisitions of, businesses and technology. Increased Internet connection
charges and data center costs supported our growing audience of users, traffic, and new offerings on Yahoo!
Properties.
Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005 increased approximately $754 million, or 56 percent, as
compared to 2004. The increase included $587 million of additional TAC, as well as increases of $64 million in
content costs, $39 million in depreciation expense, $27 million in Internet connection charges and data center costs,
and $20 million in amortization of developed technology and intellectual property rights acquired.
Cost of revenues in 2006, 2005, and 2004 were 42 percent, 40 percent, and 38 percent of revenues, respectively. The
year over year increases reflected the additional TAC described above as well as additional expenses associated with
our continued acquisition of new technology and server equipment to support our expanded offerings and increased
traffic on the Yahoo! Properties.
We currently believe that cost of revenues will continue to increase in absolute dollars in 2007 compared to 2006.
TAC is expected to increase as our marketing services revenue increases and as TAC rates increase in the
competitive search market. Additionally, we expect to continue to increase our global audience of users and
offerings, which drive network usage and in turn higher Internet connection charges and data center costs. Further,
we expect higher costs related to the introduction of additional content for new and enhanced services.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of advertising and other marketing related
expenses, compensation related expenses (including stock-based compensation expense), sales commissions and
travel costs.
Sales and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006, increased approximately $288 million, or
28 percent, as compared to the prior year. The year over year increase was largely due to increases in compensation
expenses. Compensation expense increased approximately $252 million, including an additional $146 million of
stock-based compensation expense, compared to the prior year. The increase in stock-based compensation expense
was due to our adoption of SFAS 123R. In addition to stock-based compensation expense, the growth in
compensation expense was also attributable to an increase in our sales and marketing headcount as we expanded
our presence in certain territories to support our growing advertiser base. Year over year spending on marketing
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increased by $25 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, reflecting our continued investment in our product
branding and development of our distribution channels.
Sales and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005, increased approximately $246 million, or
31 percent, as compared to the prior year. Approximately $141 million of the increase was related to compensation
expense as we increased our sales and marketing headcount to expand our presence in certain territories.
Additionally, year over year spending on marketing and distribution increased by $56 million, as we continued
to invest in product branding and further develop our distribution channels.
Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue in 2006 was 20 percent (including 2 percent related to
stock-based compensation expense), compared to 20 percent and 22 percent in 2005 and 2004, respectively.
We currently believe that sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute dollars in 2007 compared to 2006,
as we continue to grow and expand our reach to advertisers and users.
Product Development. Product development expenses consist primarily of compensation related expenses
(including stock-based compensation expense) incurred for the development of, enhancements to and maintenance
of the Yahoo! Properties, classification and organization of listings within Yahoo! Properties, research and
development, and Yahoo!’s technology platforms and infrastructure. Depreciation expense and other operating
costs are also included in product development.
Product development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased $264 million, or 46 percent, as
compared to the prior year. Product development compensation expense increased by approximately $248 million
compared to the prior year, of which $122 million was additional stock-based compensation expense due to our
adoption of SFAS 123R. In addition to stock-based compensation expense, the increased compensation expenses
also reflect our continued hiring of engineering talent to further develop and enhance new and existing offerings and
services on the Yahoo! Properties.
Product development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005 increased approximately $189 million, or
50 percent, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. Approximately $131 million related to increased
compensation expense as we continued to hire engineers to further develop and create new offerings and services on
the Yahoo! Properties. Additionally, approximately $22 million of the increase related to higher depreciation
expense arising from our additional investments in property and equipment to support further product development,
and $23 million related to the increase in supplies and equipment related expenses required to support our growing
headcount.
Product development expenses as a percentage of revenue in 2006 was 13 percent (including 2 percent related to
stock-based compensation expense), compared to 11 percent in both 2005 and 2004.
We currently believe that product development expenses will increase in absolute dollars in 2007 compared to 2006,
as we believe that continued investments in product development are required to remain competitive.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation related
expenses (including stock-based compensation expense) and fees for professional services.
General and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased $188 million, or 55 percent, as
compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to an additional $97 million of stock-based
compensation expense as a result of the adoption of SFAS 123R. Additionally, fees for professional services
increased $32 million and facilities expense increased $25 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared
to the prior year.
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005 increased approximately $68 million,
or 25 percent, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase was primarily due to a $48 million
increase in professional services and compensation related expenses, which related to the expansion of our team to
support growing compliance and infrastructure needs.
General and administrative expense as a percentage of revenue was 8 percent (including 2 percent related to stock-
based compensation expense) in 2006, compared to 6 percent in 2005 and 7 percent in 2004.
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We currently believe that general and administrative expenses in absolute dollars will increase in 2007 compared to
2006, as we continue to invest in our infrastructure to support our continued business expansion.
Amortization of Intangibles. We have purchased, and expect to continue purchasing, assets or businesses, which
may include the purchase of intangible assets. Amortization of acquired intellectual property rights and developed
technology is included in the cost of revenues and not in amortization of intangibles. Amortization of intangibles
was approximately $125 million, or 2 percent of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to
$109 million or 2 percent of revenues for 2005 and $102 million or 3 percent of revenues for 2004. The year over
year increases in amortization of intangibles reflected our continued acquisition activity resulting in increased
amortizable intangible assets, which were partially offset by declining amortization expenses due to intangible
assets that became fully amortized during the year. As of December 31, 2006, we had net intangible assets of
$406 million on our consolidated balance sheets.
Other Income, Net. Other income, net was as follows (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Interest and investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 60,830 $ 125,122 $143,310
Investment gains (losses), net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415,125 967,327 (3,527)
Gain on divestiture of Yahoo! China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 337,965 15,158
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,488 5,443 2,093
Total other income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $496,443 $1,435,857 $157,034
Other income, net decreased in the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to 2005 primarily due to investment
gains of $987 million from sales of non-strategic marketable equity securities recorded in 2005 offset by an
impairment loss of $28 million on an available-for-sale investment in 2005, with no transactions of comparable size
in 2006. Additionally, our recorded non-cash gain arising from the reduction in our ownership in Alibaba from
approximately 46 percent to 44 percent, which was treated as an incremental sale of additional equity interests in
Yahoo! China, was $15 million in 2006, compared to a non-cash gain of $338 million recorded from the divesture of
Yahoo! China in connection with the Alibaba transaction in the prior year.
In the year ended December 31, 2006 there was an increase in interest and investment income over the prior period
as higher average interest rates more than offset the lower average invested balances. The average interest rate was
approximately 3.9 percent in 2006, compared to 2.9 percent in 2005 and 2.1 percent in 2004. Other income, net may
fluctuate in future periods due to realized gains and losses on investments, impairments of investments, changes in
our average investment balances, and changes in interest and foreign exchange rates.
Income Taxes. The provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2006 differs from the amount
computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate due to state taxes and foreign income taxed at different
rates and non-deductible stock-based compensation expense. The provisions for income taxes for the years ended
December 31, 2005 and 2004 differ from the amounts computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate
due to state taxes and foreign losses for which no tax benefit was provided. Additionally, in 2005, the provision for
income taxes reflects a tax benefit related to a subsidiary restructuring transaction. In 2004, the provision for
income taxes reflects utilization of previously unbenefited capital losses.
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The following table summarizes the differences between our provision for income taxes and the amount computed
by applying the federal statutory income tax rate to income before income taxes (dollars in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,(1)
(2) (2) (2)
2004 2005 2006
Income tax at the United States federal statutory rate of
35 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $414,758 35% $ 890,254 35% $384,300 35%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,920 4% 113,685 4% 43,297 4%
Change in valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (40,612) (3)% 16,342 1% 15,206 1%
Non-deductible stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,687 0% 1,400 0% 18,652 2%
Capital (loss)/gain on subsidiary restructuring
transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — (248,284) (10)% 10,616 1%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,213 1% (5,581) 0% (14,060) (1)%
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $437,966 37% $ 767,816 30% $458,011 42%
(1)
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts in order to conform to the current year presentation.
(2)
Percent of income before income taxes, earnings in equity interests and minority interests.
Our effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2006 was 42 percent, compared to 30 percent in the prior
year. The higher effective tax rate in 2006 was mainly attributable to the impact of a global reorganization intended
to streamline our operational structure and the non-deductible portion of stock-based compensation expense
resulting from the adoption of SFAS 123R. These impacts were offset by a reduction in deferred tax liabilities
totaling $17 million that we recorded to correct amounts accrued in years prior to 2004. Our effective tax rate for the
year ended December 31, 2005 was 30 percent compared to 37 percent in 2004. The decreased rate was mainly
attributable to the tax benefit related to a subsidiary restructuring transaction. In 2005, as part of our ongoing efforts
to streamline our operational structure, we completed a taxable liquidation of a subsidiary we acquired several years
ago. This transaction gave rise to a capital loss for tax purposes, which offset a substantial portion of the gains from
sales of equity investments during the year. The resulting tax benefit recorded in 2005 was approximately
$248 million.
Based on current estimates, we expect our effective tax rate will increase in 2007 compared to 2006.
Earnings in Equity Interests. Earnings in equity interests was approximately $112 million for the year ended
December 31, 2006, which consisted of our share of the net income or loss of our equity investments in Yahoo!
Japan and Alibaba. During the first quarter of 2006, we started recording, one quarter in arrears, our share of the
results of Alibaba and the related amortization expense of the acquired intangible assets. Earnings in equity
interests for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 were $128 million and $95 million, respectively, as a
result of our investment in Yahoo! Japan. See Note 4 — “Investments in Equity Interests” in the consolidated
financial statements for additional information.
Minority Interests in Operations of Consolidated Subsidiaries. Minority interests in operations of consolidated
subsidiaries represents the minority holders’ percentage share of income or losses from the subsidiaries in which we
hold a majority, but less than 100 percent, ownership interest and consolidate the subsidiaries’ results in our
financial statements. Minority interests in operations of consolidated subsidiaries was approximately $1 million in
2006, compared to $8 million in 2005 and $2 million in 2004. Minority interests recorded in 2006 were related to
our strategic partnership with Seven Network Limited (“Yahoo! 7”). Minority interests recorded in 2005 and 2004
were related to our joint ventures in France, Germany and the United Kingdom (collectively “Yahoo! Europe”) and
Yahoo! Korea. In 2005, we purchased the remaining outstanding shares of Yahoo! Europe and Yahoo! Korea from
our partner in these ventures, and accordingly, these entities became our wholly owned subsidiaries. See Note 3 —
“Acquisitions” in the consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Business Segment Results
We manage our business geographically. Our primary areas of measurement and decision-making are the United
States and International. Management relies on an internal management reporting process that provides revenue
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and segment operating income before depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense for
making financial decisions and allocating resources. Segment operating income before depreciation, amortization
and stock-based compensation expense, includes income from operations before depreciation, amortization and
stock-based compensation expense. Management believes that segment operating income before depreciation,
amortization and stock-based compensation expense is an appropriate measure for evaluating the operational
performance of our segments. However, this measure should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or
superior to, income from operations or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”).
Summarized information by segment was as follows (dollars in thousands):
Years Ended December 31, 2004-2005 2005-2006
(*) (*) (*)
2004 2005 2006 % Change % Change
Revenues by
segment:
United States . . . . $2,653,437 74% $3,667,509 70% $4,365,922 68% 38% 19%
International . . . . . 921,080 26% 1,590,159 30% 2,059,757 32% 73% 30%
Total revenues . . $3,574,517 100% $5,257,668 100% $6,425,679 100% 47% 22%
(*)
Percent of total revenues.
Years Ended December 31, 2004-2005 2005-2006
2004 2005 2006 % Change % Change
Segment operating income before
depreciation, amortization and stock-
based compensation expense:
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 891,103 $1,219,539 $1,451,656 37% 19%
International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,809 337,799 454,261 140% 34%
Total segment operating income before
depreciation, amortization and
stock-based compensation
expense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031,912 1,557,338 1,905,917 51% 22%
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . (311,041) (397,142) (540,021) 28% 36%
Stock-based compensation expense. . . . . (32,290) (52,471) (424,930) 62% N/A%
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . $ 688,581 $1,107,725 $ 940,966 61% (15)%
Revenue is attributed to individual countries according to the international online property that generated the
revenue. No single foreign country accounted for more than 10 percent of revenues in 2006, 2005, or 2004.
United States. United States revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased approximately $698 mil-
lion, or 19 percent, as compared to the prior year. United States revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005
increased approximately $1,014 million, or 38 percent, as compared to 2004. The year over year increases in 2006
and 2005 were a result of growth in advertising across the Yahoo! Properties, as well as growth from our fee-based
services. Approximately 82 percent of the 2006 increase, or $570 million, came from marketing services revenue.
Approximately 82 percent of the 2005 increase, or $827 million, came from marketing services revenue. The
advertising growth can be attributed to our expanding audience of users and increased inventory of our page views
which has attracted more advertisers and led to increases in our marketing services revenue. The growth in our fee-
based services is due to the increase in our paying users for both existing and new offerings.
International. International revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased approximately $470 mil-
lion, or 30 percent, as compared to the prior year. International revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005
increased approximately $669 million, or 73 percent, as compared to 2004. More than 95 percent of the
international revenue increases in 2006 and 2005 came from marketing services revenue. The year over year
growth in international marketing services revenue can be attributed to our increased penetration into existing
markets, coupled with continued growth of the global online advertising marketplace and our affiliate network.
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International revenues accounted for approximately 32 percent of total revenues during 2006 as compared to
30 percent during 2005 and 26 percent during 2004. The strong performance of our international operations has
increased our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations. Revenues and related expenses generated from our
international subsidiaries are generally denominated in the currencies of the local countries. Primary currencies
include Euros, British Pounds, Japanese Yen, Korean Won, and Australian Dollars. The statements of income of our
international operations are translated into United States dollars at the average exchange rates in each applicable
period. To the extent the United States dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign
currency denominated transactions results in reduced revenues, operating expenses and net income for our
International segment. Similarly, our revenues, operating expenses and net income will increase for our Inter-
national segment if the United States dollar weakens against foreign currencies. The application of our 2005
average foreign currency exchange rates to our international revenues and segment operating income before
depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense in 2006 would have had an immaterial impact on
our reported results. Using the average foreign currency exchange rates in the year ended December 31, 2004, our
international revenues for 2005 would have been lower than we reported by approximately $42 million and our
international segment operating income before depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense
would have been lower than we reported by $8 million.
Transactions
Significant acquisitions and strategic investments completed in the last three years include the following:
• January 2004 — 3721, a Hong Kong-based software development company focused on keyword search tech-
nology for a total purchase price of $95 million. In October 2005, we subsequently divested 3721 as part of
Yahoo! China which was partial consideration for our investment in Alibaba;
• April 2004 — Kelkoo, a European online comparison shopping service for a total purchase price of $571 million;
• October 2004 — Musicmatch, a provider of personalized music software and services for a total purchase price
of $158 million;
• February 2005 — Verdisoft, a software development company for a purchase price of $58 million and issuance of
restricted stock valued at $35 million;
• October 2005 — Strategic investment of approximately 46 percent (40 percent on a fully diluted basis) in the
outstanding common stock of Alibaba, an e-commerce company based in China in exchange for $1.0 billion in
cash and the contribution of Yahoo! China;
• November 2005 — Purchase of the remaining outstanding shares of Yahoo! Europe and Yahoo! Korea for a total
purchase price of $501 million;
• January 2006 — Strategic partnership with Seven Network Limited, an Australian media company, to
form Yahoo! 7 to which we contributed our Australian Internet business Yahoo! Australia and New Zealand
(“Yahoo! Australia”), and Seven contributed its online assets, television and magazine content and cash of
$7 million;
• June 2006 — Investment of approximately 10 percent interest in Gmarket Inc., a retail e-commerce provider in
South Korea, for a total purchase price of $61 million; and
• October 2006 — Investment of approximately 20 percent interest in Right Media Inc., an online advertising
exchange.
See Note 3 — “Acquisitions” and Note 4 — “Investments in Equity Interests” in the consolidated financial
statements for additional information relating to these and other acquisitions.
We expect to continue to evaluate possible acquisitions of, or strategic investments in, businesses, products, and
technologies that are complementary to our business, which may require the use of cash.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of and for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006 (dollars in thousands):
2004 2005 2006
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 823,723 $1,429,693 $1,569,871
Marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,918,539 2,570,155 1,967,414
Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable debt
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,742,262 $3,999,848 $3,537,285
Percentage of total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41% 37% 31%
2004 2005 2006
Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,089,821 $1,711,383 $ 1,371,576
Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(1,292,849) $ (821,930) $ (193,681)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities . . . . . $ 580,967 $ (250,600) $(1,094,624)
Our operating activities for each year in the three years ended December 31, 2006 have generated adequate cash to
meet our operating needs. As of December 31, 2006, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable debt securities
totaling $3.5 billion, compared to $4.0 billion as of December 31, 2005. During the year ended December 31, 2006,
we invested $2.0 billion in direct and structured stock repurchases, $689 million in net capital expenditures,
including $112 million for purchase of land in Santa Clara, California, and a net $142 million in acquisitions. The
cash used for these investments was offset by $1.4 billion cash generated from operating activities, $318 million
from the issuance of common stock as a result of the exercise of employee stock options, and $597 million of excess
tax benefits from stock-based awards (which was reported as a reduction of cash flows from operating activities and
an increase to cash flows from financing activities).
As of December 31, 2006, approximately $0.7 billion of earnings held by our foreign subsidiaries and a corporate
joint venture are designated as indefinitely invested outside the United States. If these funds were required for our
operations in the United States, we would be required to accrue and pay additional taxes to repatriate these funds.
Currently, we do not anticipate a need to repatriate these funds to our United States operations.
We invest excess cash predominantly in marketable debt securities that are liquid, of high-quality investment grade,
and the majority of which have effective maturities of less than two years. We also invest excess cash to support our
growing infrastructure needs and expand our operations, as consideration for acquisitions and strategic investments,
to repurchase shares of our stock and in other transactions. As of December 31, 2006, certain of our marketable debt
securities had a fair value below cost due to the changes in market rates of interest and yields on these securities. We
evaluate these investments periodically for possible other-than-temporary impairment and review factors such as
the length of time and extent to which fair value has been below cost basis, the financial condition of the issuer, and
our ability and intent to hold the investment for a period of time which may be sufficient for an anticipated recovery
in market value. We have the intent and ability to hold these securities for a reasonable period of time sufficient for a
forecasted recovery of fair value up to (or beyond) the initial cost of the investment and expect to realize the full
value of all of these investments upon maturity or sale.
We expect to continue to generate positive cash flow from operations in 2007. Management believes existing cash,
cash equivalents and investments in marketable debt securities, together with any cash generated from operations
will be sufficient to meet normal operating requirements including capital expenditures for the next 12 months.
However, we may sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain credit facilities to further enhance our liquidity
position, and the sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution to our stockholders.
Cash flow changes
Cash provided by operating activities is driven by our net income, adjusted for non-cash items, and non-operating
gains and losses from sales of investments. Non-cash adjustments include depreciation, amortization of intangible
assets, stock-based compensation expense, tax benefits from stock-based awards, deferred income taxes, and
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earnings in equity interests. Cash provided by operating activities was greater than net income in 2006 mainly due
to the net impact of non-cash adjustments to income. In each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and
2004, cash flows from operations were reduced by the increase in our accounts receivable balance, mainly reflecting
increases in revenues. The days of sales outstanding metric increased over the three years ended December 31,
2006. Additionally, in the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, there were significant increases in
accrued expenses and other liabilities that positively impacted cash flow from operations. These increases were
mainly due to higher accrual balances for TAC payments to affiliates arising from increased revenue.
Cash used in investing activities is primarily attributable to capital expenditures, purchases and sales of marketable
debt and equity securities, as well as acquisitions including our strategic investments. Our capital expenditures
totaled $689 million, $409 million, and $246 million in 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively. Our capital
expenditures have been primarily used for purchases and internal development of information technology assets
and real estate to support our expanding offerings, our increased number of users and our international growth. Our
capital expenditures in 2006 included $112 million for purchase of land in Santa Clara, California. We invested a
net of $142 million in acquisitions, including strategic investments, in 2006, compared to $1,698 million and
$762 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Acquisitions and investments in 2006 included cash outlays for our
investments in Yahoo! 7, Gmarket Inc. and Right Media Inc. Our acquisitions in 2005 included net cash
consideration of approximately $1.0 billion for our investment in Alibaba, $0.5 billion for the purchase of the
outstanding interests in our joint ventures in Europe and Korea and $54 million for the Verdisoft acquisition. The
acquisitions of 3721, Kelkoo, and Musicmatch were the main cash outlays for acquisitions in 2004. Our cash
proceeds from the net sales and maturities of marketable debt securities were $623 million in 2006, compared to
cash proceeds of $318 million in 2005 and net purchases of $807 million in 2004. Additionally, we generated cash
in the amounts of $1,006 million and $503 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively, from the sale of non-strategic
marketable equity securities for which there was no comparable activity in 2006.
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities is driven by our financing activities relating to employee option
exercises and stock repurchases. Our cash proceeds from employee option exercises were $318 million in 2006,
compared to $747 million and $651 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively. The decrease in 2006 compared to 2005
was primarily a result of a reduced number of employees exercising options in 2006. The increase in 2005 was a
result of the increase in our employee numbers and an increase in the weighted average exercise prices of our
options when compared to 2004.
During 2006, we used $1.8 billon in the direct purchase of 61.5 million shares of our common stock at an average
price of $28.98 per share. During 2005, we used $388 million in the direct repurchase of 11.7 million shares of our
common stock at an average price of $33.20 per share. There were no comparable transactions in 2004.
In 2006, we entered into structured stock repurchase transactions, which settle in cash or stock depending on the
market price of our common stock on the date of maturity, resulting in a total cash outlay of $0.5 billion. This
$0.5 billion cash outlay was offset by cash receipts of $272 million from the settlement of a structured stock
repurchase transactions entered into in 2005, for a net cash usage of $228 million for these transactions in 2006. In
2005, we entered into structured stock repurchase transactions resulting in a total cash outlay of $1.4 billion. This
$1.4 billion cash outlay was offset by cash receipts of $0.8 billion from the settlement of structured stock repurchase
transactions in 2005, for a net cash usage of $0.6 billion for these transactions in 2005. During 2004, we entered into
structured stock repurchase transactions resulting in a total cash outlay of $150 million, which were offset by cash
receipts of $80 million from the settlement of structured stock repurchase transactions, for a net cash usage of
$70 million for these transactions in 2004.
Additionally, in 2006, excess tax benefits from stock-based awards of $597 million was included as a source of cash
flows from financing activities.
Upon adoption of SFAS 123R on January 1, 2006, we have included as part of our cash flows from financing
activities, the benefit of tax deductions related to stock-based awards in excess of the gross tax benefits expected at
the grant date of the related stock-based awards. This amount is shown as a reduction to cash flows from operating
activities and an increase to cash flows from financing activities. Net cash flows remain unchanged from what
would have been reported prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R.
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Financing
In April 2003, we issued $750 million of zero coupon senior convertible notes (the “Notes”) which are due in April
2008. These Notes are convertible into Yahoo! common stock at a conversion price of $20.50 per share, subject to
adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. Each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes will be convertible
prior to April 2008 if the market price of our common stock reaches a specified threshold for a defined period of
time or specified corporate transactions occur. Upon conversion, we have the right to deliver cash in lieu of
common stock. As of December 31, 2006, the market price condition for convertibility of the Notes was satisfied
with respect to the fiscal quarter beginning January 1, 2007 and ending March 31, 2007. We may be required to
repurchase all of the Notes following a fundamental change of the Company, such as a change of control, prior to
maturity at face value. We may not redeem the Notes prior to their maturity. See Note 9 — “Long-Term Debt” in
the consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Stock repurchases
In March 2005, following the completion of the $0.5 billion stock repurchase program that was authorized in 2001
and extended in 2003, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $3.0 billion of our outstanding
shares of common stock over the next five years, dependent on market conditions, share price and other factors.
Under this program, during the year ended December 31, 2006, we repurchased 93.1 million shares of common
stock at an average price of $29.84 per share, including 31.6 million shares received upon the maturity of structured
stock repurchase transactions, and substantially completed this program in October 2006. Total cash consideration
for the stock repurchases in 2006 was $2.8 billion which consisted of $1.8 billion direct stock repurchases,
$0.5 billion as a result of settlements of structured stock repurchase transactions originally entered into in 2005, and
$0.5 billion as a result of settlements of structured stock repurchase transactions originally entered into in 2006. See
Note 11 — “Stockholders’ Equity” in the consolidated financial statements for additional information.
In October 2006, our Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program for us to repurchase up to
$3.0 billion of our outstanding shares of common stock from time to time over the next five years, depending on
market conditions, share price, and other factors. We believe that additional repurchases made under appropriate
market conditions are a prudent use of cash currently available to us in order to enhance long-term stockholder
value. Repurchases may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including derivative
transactions, and may be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Subsequent to December 31, 2006 we repurchased approximately 14 million shares of our common stock under the
current stock repurchase program at an average price of $29.97 per share, for a total amount of $408 million.
Capital expenditures
Capital expenditures have generally comprised purchases of computer hardware, software, server equipment,
furniture and fixtures, and real estate. Capital expenditures, net were $689 million in 2006, including $112 million
for a land purchase in Santa Clara, California, compared to $409 million in 2005. Our capital expenditures in 2007
are expected to be consistent with 2006 levels as we continue to invest in the expansion of the Yahoo! Properties and
our offerings. This level of expenditure, together with the increase in operating lease commitments, is consistent
with our increased headcount and operational expansion, and we anticipate that this will continue in the future as
business conditions merit.
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Contractual obligations and commitments
The following table presents certain payments due under contractual obligations with minimum firm commitments
as of December 31, 2006 (in millions):
Payments Due by Period
Due in Due in Due in
Total 2007 2008-2009 2010-2011 Thereafter
(1)
Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 750 $ — $ 750 $ — $ —
Operating lease obligations(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878 97 214 168 399
Affiliate commitments(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 1 — —
Non-cancelable obligations(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 69 51 17 7
Total contractual obligations . . . . . . . . . . . $1,789 $182 $1,016 $185 $406
(1)
The long-term debt matures in April 2008, unless converted into Yahoo! common stock at a conversion price of $20.50 per share,
subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. See Note 9 — “Long-Term Debt” in the consolidated financial statements
for additional information related to the long-term debt.
(2)
We have entered into various non-cancelable operating lease agreements for our offices throughout the United States, and for our
international subsidiaries with original lease periods up to 23 years and expiring between 2007 and 2027. See Note 13 —
“Commitments and Contingencies” in the consolidated financial statements for additional information.
(3)
We are obligated to make payments under contracts to provide sponsored search and/or display advertising services to our affiliates,
which represent traffic acquisition costs.
(4)
We are obligated to make payments under various arrangements with vendors and other business partners, principally for marketing,
bandwidth and content arrangements.
Other commitments
In the ordinary course of business, we may provide indemnifications of varying scope and terms to customers,
vendors, lessors, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to,
losses arising out of our breach of agreements, services to be provided by us, or from intellectual property
infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our
directors and certain of our officers that will require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain
liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. We have also agreed to
indemnify certain former officers, directors and employees of acquired companies in connection with the
acquisition of such companies. We maintain director and officer insurance, which may cover certain liabilities
arising from our obligation to indemnify our directors and officers. It is not possible to determine the maximum
potential loss under these indemnification agreements due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and
the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Such indemnification agreements may
not be subject to maximum loss clauses. Historically, we have not incurred material costs as a result of obligations
under these agreements and we have not accrued any liabilities related to such indemnification obligations in our
consolidated financial statements.
In 2006, we reversed an earn-out accrual related to a prior acquisition, which resulted in a $10 million reduction to
operating expenses in the consolidated statements of income.
As of December 31, 2006, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships,
such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established
for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As
such, we are not exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such
relationships.
In February 2007, we committed to invest up to $200 million through July 2008 to acquire rights to intellectual
property. License payments associated with the acquired rights will be amortized over the useful life of the related
intellectual property.
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Critical Accounting Policies, Judgments and Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated
financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated
financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our
estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
An accounting policy is considered to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on
assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, and if different estimates that
reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur, could
materially impact the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following critical accounting policies
reflect the more significant estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of the consolidated financial
statements.
Revenue Recognition. Our revenues are generated from marketing services and fees. Marketing services revenue
is generated from several offerings including: the display of textual, rich media advertisements, display of text
based links to the advertiser’s websites, listing based services, and commerce based transactions. Fees revenue
includes revenue from a variety of consumer and business fee-based services. While the majority of our revenue
transactions contain standard business terms and conditions, there are certain transactions that contain non-standard
business terms and conditions. In addition, we may enter into certain sales transactions that involve multiple
element arrangements (arrangements with more than one deliverable). We also enter into arrangements to purchase
goods and/or services from certain customers. As a result, significant contract interpretation is sometimes required
to determine the appropriate accounting for these transactions including: (1) whether an arrangement exists; (2) how
the arrangement consideration should be allocated among potential multiple elements; (3) when to recognize
revenue on the deliverables; (4) whether all elements of the arrangement have been delivered; (5) whether the
arrangements should be reported gross as a principal versus net as an agent; and (6) whether we receive a separately
identifiable benefit from purchase arrangements with our customers for which we can reasonably estimate fair
value. In addition, our revenue recognition policy requires an assessment as to whether collection is reasonably
assured, which inherently requires us to evaluate the creditworthiness of our customers. Changes in judgments on
these assumptions and estimates could materially impact the timing or amount of revenue recognition.
Deferred Income Tax Asset Valuation Allowance. We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred income
tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. In evaluating our ability to recover our deferred
income tax assets we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including our operating results, ongoing
tax planning and forecasts of future taxable income on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis. In the event we were to
determine that we would be able to realize our deferred income tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded
amount, we would make an adjustment to the valuation allowance which would reduce the provision for income
taxes. The valuation allowance decreased by $1.4 billion during the year ended December 31, 2006. The decrease
included a $236 million release to additional paid-in capital and a $95 million release to goodwill. The remaining
decrease in the valuation allowance of $1.1 billion relates to deferred income tax assets pertaining to net operating
loss and tax credit carryforwards resulting from the exercise of employee stock options in prior years and represents
tax benefits in excess of stock-based compensation expense as determined under APB 25. See Note 10 — “Income
Taxes” in the consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level (operating
segment or one level below an operating segment) on an annual basis and between annual tests in certain
circumstances. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires judgment, including the identification of
reporting units, assigning assets and liabilities to reporting units, assigning goodwill to reporting units, and
determining the fair value of each reporting unit. Significant judgments required to estimate the fair value of
reporting units include estimating future cash flows, and determining appropriate discount rates, growth rates and
other assumptions. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair
value for each reporting unit which could trigger impairment. See Note 5 — “Goodwill” in the consolidated
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financial statements for additional information. Based on our 2006 impairment test, there would have to be a
significant unfavorable change to our assumptions used in such calculations for an impairment to exist.
We amortize other intangible assets over their estimated useful lives. We record an impairment charge on these
assets when we determine that their carrying value may not be recoverable. The carrying value is not recoverable if
it exceeds the undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. When
there is existence of one or more indicators of impairment, we measure any impairment of intangible assets based on
a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate determined by our management to be commensurate
with the risk inherent in our business model. Our estimates of future cash flows attributable to our other intangible
assets require significant judgment based on our historical and anticipated results and are subject to many factors.
Different assumptions and judgments could materially affect the calculation of the fair value of our other intangible
assets which could trigger impairment.
Investments in Equity Interests. We account for investments in entities in which we can exercise significant
influence but do not own a majority equity interest or otherwise control using the equity method. In accounting for
these investments we record our proportionate share of these entities’ net income or loss, one quarter in arrears.
We review all of our investments in equity interests for impairment whenever events or changes in business
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the investment may not be fully recoverable. The impairment
review requires significant judgment to identify events or circumstances that would likely have a significant adverse
effect on the fair value of the investment. Investments identified as having an indication of impairment are subject
to further analysis to determine if the impairment is other-than-temporary and this analysis requires estimating the
fair value of the investment. The determination of the fair value of the investment involves considering factors such
as the following: the stock prices of public companies in which we have an equity investment, current economic and
market conditions, the operating performance of the companies including current earnings trends and undiscounted
cash flows, quoted stock prices of comparable public companies, and other company specific information including
recent financing rounds. The fair value determination, particularly for investments in privately-held companies,
requires significant judgment to determine appropriate estimates and assumptions. Changes in these estimates and
assumptions could affect the calculation of the fair value of the investments and the determination of whether any
identified impairment is other-than-temporary.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense. Effective January 1, 2006 we adopted SFAS 123R using the modified
prospective method and therefore have not restated prior periods’ results. Under the fair value recognition
provisions of SFAS 123R, we recognize stock-based compensation net of an estimated forfeiture rate and therefore
only recognize compensation cost for those shares expected to vest over the service period of the award. Prior to
SFAS 123R adoption, we accounted for share-based payments under APB 25 and accordingly, generally recognized
stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards and stock options with intrinsic value that we
exchanged in connection with acquisitions and accounted for forfeitures as they occurred.
Calculating stock-based compensation expense requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the
expected term of the stock-based awards, stock price volatility, and the pre-vesting option forfeiture rate. We
estimate the expected life of options granted based on historical exercise patterns, which we believe are repre-
sentative of future behavior. We estimate the volatility of our common stock on the date of grant based on the
implied volatility of publicly traded options on our common stock, with a term of one year or greater. We believe
that implied volatility calculated based on actively traded options on our common stock is a better indicator of
expected volatility and future stock price trends than historical volatility. Therefore, expected volatility for the year
ended December 31, 2006 was based on a market-based implied volatility. The assumptions used in calculating the
fair value of stock-based awards represent our best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and
the application of management judgment. As a result, if factors change and we use different assumptions, our stock-
based compensation expense could be materially different in the future. In addition, we are required to estimate the
expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. We estimate the forfeiture
rate based on historical experience of our stock-based awards that are granted, exercised and cancelled. If our actual
forfeiture rate is materially different from our estimate, the stock-based compensation expense could be signif-
icantly different from what we have recorded in the current period. See Note 12 — “Employee Benefits” in the
consolidated financial statements for additional information.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an Interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income tax positions. This Interpretation
requires that we recognize in our financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than
not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective
for us on January 1, 2007, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle, if any, recorded as an
adjustment to opening retained earnings. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting FIN 48 and its impact
on our financial position, cash flows, and results of operations.
In September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108,
“Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial
Statements” (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on the SEC’s views on how the effects of the
carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement.
We adopted SAB 108 during the fourth quarter of 2006. The adoption did not have a material impact on our
financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”), which clarifies the
definition of fair value, establishes guidelines for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures regarding fair value
measurements. SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements and eliminates inconsistencies in
guidance found in various prior accounting pronouncements. SFAS 157 will be effective for us on January 1, 2008.
We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 157 but do not believe that the adoption of SFAS 157 will
have any material impact on our financial position, cash flows, or results of operations.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”) which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other
items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS 159 will be effective for us on
January 1, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 159 on our financial position, cash flows,
and results of operations.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes, foreign currency fluctuations, and changes in the market
values of our investments.
Interest Rate Risk. Our exposure to market rate risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment
portfolio. We invest excess cash in marketable debt instruments of the United States Government and its agencies,
and in high-quality corporate issuers and, by policy, limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. We
protect and preserve invested funds by limiting default, market and reinvestment risk.
Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed
rate securities may have their fair market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate
securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future
investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or we may suffer losses in principal
if forced to sell securities which have declined in market value due to changes in interest rates. As of December 31,
2006 and 2005, we had investments in short-term marketable debt securities of approximately $1.0 billion and
$1.1 billion, respectively. Such investments had a weighted-average yield of approximately 4.3 percent and
3.5 percent, respectively. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, we had investments in long-term marketable debt
securities of approximately $0.9 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively. Such investments had a weighted average
yield of approximately 4.6 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest
rates would result in an approximate $16 million and $26 million decrease (approximately 1 percent), respectively,
in the fair value of our available-for-sale debt securities as of December 31, 2006 and 2005.
The fair market value of the zero coupon senior convertible notes (the “Notes”) issued by Yahoo! and due in April
2008 is subject to interest rate risk and market risk due to the convertible feature of the Notes. Generally, the fair
market value of fixed interest rate debt will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. The fair
market value of the Notes will also increase as the market price of the Yahoo! stock increases and decrease as the
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market price falls. The interest and market value changes affect the fair market value of the Notes but do not impact
our financial position, cash flows or results of operations. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the fair value of the
Notes was approximately $1.0 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively, based on quoted market prices.
Foreign Currency Risk. International revenues accounted for approximately 32 percent of total revenues in 2006,
compared to 30 percent of total revenues in 2005. International revenues in 2006 increased $470 million, or
30 percent, compared to the prior year. The growth in our international operations has increased our exposure to
foreign currency fluctuations. Revenues and related expenses generated from our international subsidiaries are
generally denominated in the functional currencies of the local countries. Primary currencies include Euros, British
Pounds, Japanese Yen, Korean Won and Australian Dollars. The statements of income of our international
operations are translated into United States dollars at the average exchange rates in each applicable period. To the
extent the United States dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency
denominated transactions results in reduced revenues, operating expenses and net income for our International
segment. Similarly, our revenues, operating expenses and net income will increase for our International segment, if
the United States dollar weakens against foreign currencies. The application of our 2005 average foreign currency
exchange rates to our international revenues and segment operating income before depreciation, amortization and
stock-based compensation expense in 2006 would have had an immaterial impact on our reported results. Using the
average foreign currency exchange rates from 2004, our international revenues for 2005 would have been lower
than we reported by approximately $42 million and our international segment operating income before depre-
ciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense would have been lower than we reported by $8 million.
We are also exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations as we convert the financial statements of our foreign
subsidiaries and our investments in equity interests into United States dollars in consolidation. If there is a change in
foreign currency exchange rates, the conversion of the foreign subsidiaries’ financial statements into United States
dollars will lead to a translation gain or loss which is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive
income which is part of stockholders’ equity. In addition, we have certain assets and liabilities that are denominated
in currencies other than the relevant entity’s functional currency. Changes in the functional currency value of these
assets and liabilities create fluctuations that will lead to a transaction gain or loss. In the year ended December 31,
2006, we recorded net foreign currency transaction gains, realized and unrealized, of approximately $5 million, net
losses of $8 million and net gains of $6 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively, which were recorded in other
income, net on the consolidated statements of income.
Investment Risk. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time
maximizing yields without significantly increasing risk. To achieve this objective, we maintain our portfolio of
cash equivalents and current and long-term investments in a variety of securities, including both government and
corporate obligations and money market funds. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, net unrealized losses on these
investments were not material.
We are exposed to market risk as it relates to changes in the market value of our investments. We invest in equity
instruments of public companies for business and strategic purposes and have classified these securities as
available-for-sale. These available-for-sale equity investments are subject to significant fluctuations in fair value
due to the volatility of the stock market and the industries in which these companies participate. We have realized
gains and losses from the sale of investments, as well as impairment charges on some of our investments. In 2006,
we recorded an impairment loss of $4 million on an available-for-sale equity investment, compared to $28 million
recorded in 2005. Our investments in available-for-sale equity securities were not material as of December 31, 2006
and 2005. Our objective in managing exposure to stock market fluctuations is to minimize the impact of stock
market declines to earnings and cash flows. Using a hypothetical reduction of 10 percent in the stock price of these
equity securities, the fair value of our equity investments would decrease by approximately $11 million and
$3 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Page
Index To Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Consolidated Statements of Income for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Financial Statement Schedules:
II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown
in the Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes thereto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplementary Financial Data:
Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) for the two years ended December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . 100
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Yahoo! Inc.:
We have completed integrated audits of Yahoo! Inc.’s Consolidated Financial Statements and of its internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our opinions, based on our audits, are presented below.
Consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Yahoo! Inc. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2006, and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006 in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our
opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index presents fairly, in all material respects,
the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. These
financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our
audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit of financial
statements includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2006, the Company changed its
method of accounting for stock-based compensation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”.
Internal control over financial reporting
Also, in our opinion, management’s assessment, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A, that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2006 based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), is fairly stated, in all
material respects, based on those criteria. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material
respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the COSO. The Company’s management is responsible for
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on management’s assessment and on the
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit
of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
An audit of internal control over financial reporting includes obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effec-
tiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we consider necessary in the circumstances.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
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with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s
assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstate-
ments. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Jose, California
February 23, 2007
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Yahoo! Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,574,517 $5,257,668 $6,425,679
Cost of revenues(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342,338 2,096,201 2,675,723
Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,232,179 3,161,467 3,749,956
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787,649 1,033,947 1,322,259
Product development(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380,770 569,527 833,147
General and administrative(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273,262 341,073 528,798
Amortization of intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,917 109,195 124,786
Total operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,543,598 2,053,742 2,808,990
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688,581 1,107,725 940,966
Other income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496,443 1,435,857 157,034
Income before income taxes, earnings in equity interests and minority
interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185,024 2,543,582 1,098,000
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (437,966) (767,816) (458,011)
Earnings in equity interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,991 128,244 112,114
Minority interests in operations of consolidated subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,496) (7,780) (712)
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 839,553 $1,896,230 $ 751,391
Net income per share — basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.62 $ 1.35 $ 0.54
Net income per share — diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.58 $ 1.28 $ 0.52
Shares used in per share calculation — basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353,439 1,400,421 1,388,741
Shares used in per share calculation — diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,452,499 1,485,591 1,457,686
(*)
Stock-based compensation expense by function :
Cost of revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ — $ — $ 6,621
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,620 8,698 155,084
Product development . . . . . . . . . . ....... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,010 22,390 144,807
General and administrative . . . . . . ....... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,660 21,383 118,418
Total stock-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 32,290 $ 52,471 $ 424,930
(*) Cost of revenues and operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006 include stock-based compensation expense in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123R (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”), which the
Company adopted on January 1, 2006. See Note 1 — “The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” and Note 12 —
“Employee Benefits” for additional information.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Yahoo! Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31,
2005 2006
(In thousands, except par
values)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ......................... . $ 1,429,693 $ 1,569,871
Marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ......................... . 1,131,141 1,031,528
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $41,857 and $38,196, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . 721,723 930,964
Prepaid expenses and other current assets . . . . . . ... ......................... . 166,976 217,779
Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,449,533 3,750,142
Long-term marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439,014 935,886
Property and equipment, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697,522 1,101,379
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,895,557 2,968,557
Intangible assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534,615 405,822
Other long-term assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,192 459,988
Investments in equity interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,758,401 1,891,834
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,831,834 $11,513,608
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................... $ 70,291 $ 109,130
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities . . . . . . .......................... 827,589 1,046,882
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................... 306,172 317,982
Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204,052 1,473,994
Long-term deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,792 64,939
Long-term debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749,995 749,915
Other long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243,580 56,094
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 8,056
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding . . — —
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 1,474,759 and 1,497,912
shares issued, respectively, and 1,430,162 and 1,360,247 shares outstanding,
respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,470 1,493
Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,417,858 8,615,915
Deferred stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (235,394) —
Treasury stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (547,723) (3,324,863)
Retained earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,966,169 3,717,560
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (35,965) 150,505
Total stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,566,415 9,160,610
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,831,834 $11,513,608
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Yahoo! Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
(In thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 839,553 $ 1,896,230 $ 751,391
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,345 224,065 302,161
Amortization of intangible assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,696 173,077 237,860
Stock-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,290 52,471 424,930
Tax benefits from stock-based awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408,976 759,530 626,009
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — (274,433)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — (597,118)
Earnings in equity interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (94,991) (128,244) (112,114)
Dividends received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 10,670 12,908
Minority interests in operations of consolidated subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . 2,496 7,780 712
Gains from sales of investments, assets and other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (394,028) (1,278,311) (15,125)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (162,690) (272,387) (185,196)
Prepaid expenses and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12,217) (35,344) (9,567)
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,570) 31,574 30,413
Accrued expenses and other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,953 212,112 174,566
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,008 58,160 4,179
Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089,821 1,711,383 1,371,576
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (245,501) (408,934) (689,136)
Purchases of marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,449,155) (7,023,802) (1,328,515)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . 2,642,621 7,341,974 1,951,323
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (761,605) (1,698,164) (142,272)
Proceeds from sales of marketable equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502,806 1,006,142 —
Other investing activities, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,985 (39,146) 14,919
Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,292,849) (821,930) (193,681)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650,525 746,807 318,103
Repurchases of common stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — (387,735) (1,782,140)
Structured stock repurchases, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (69,558) (611,421) (227,705)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 597,118
Other financing activities, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 1,749 —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580,967 (250,600) (1,094,624)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,892 (32,883) 56,907
Net change in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407,831 605,970 140,178
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415,892 823,723 1,429,693
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 823,723 $ 1,429,693 $ 1,569,871
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — (Continued)
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Income taxes paid were $22 million, $51 million and $66 million in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, and
2006, respectively. Interest paid was not material in any year presented.
Acquisition-related activities:
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
(in thousands)
Cash paid for acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $821,034 $1,700,898 $150,859
Cash acquired in acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (59,429) (2,734) (8,587)
$761,605 $1,698,164 $142,272
Fair value of common stock and stock-based awards issued in connection with
acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,313 $ 44,773 $ 3,256
No shares of common or restricted stock were issued during the year ended December 31, 2004 in connection with
acquisitions. During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006, the Company issued approximately 1 million
and 0.1 million shares of restricted stock, respectively, in connection with acquisitions. See Note 3 — “Acqui-
sitions” for additional information.
During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company contributed its China based businesses (“Yahoo! China”)
as partial consideration for its investment in Alibaba.com Corporation (“Alibaba”). See Note 4 — “Investments in
Equity Interests” for additional information.
During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company contributed its Internet business, Yahoo! Australia and
New Zealand (“Yahoo! Australia”), as consideration for its strategic partnership with Seven Network Limited
(“Seven”). See Note 3 — “Acquisitions” for additional information.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
(In thousands)
Common stock
Balance, beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,354 $ 1,416 $ 1,470
Common stock issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 54 23
Balance, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,416 1,470 1,493
Additional paid-in capital
Balance, beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,340,514 5,682,884 6,417,858
Common stock and stock-based awards issued and assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667,212 1,010,012 318,160
Stock-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 451,467
Adoption of SFAS 123R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — (235,394)
Change in deferred income tax asset valuation allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335,740 (423,147) 236,044
Gain in connection with business contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 29,944
Tax benefits from stock-based awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408,976 759,530 630,541
Structured stock repurchases, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (69,558) (611,421) 767,295
Balance, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,682,884 6,417,858 8,615,915
Deferred stock-based compensation
Balance, beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (52,374) (28,541) (235,394)
Common stock and stock-based awards issued and assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8,457) (259,324) —
Stock-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,290 52,471 —
Adoption of SFAS 123R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 235,394
Balance, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (28,541) (235,394) —
Treasury stock
Balance, beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (159,988) (159,988) (547,723)
Repurchases of common stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — (387,735) (2,777,140)
Balance, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (159,988) (547,723) (3,324,863)
Retained earnings
Balance, beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,386 1,069,939 2,966,169
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839,553 1,896,230 751,391
Balance, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,069,939 2,966,169 3,717,560
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Balance, beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,598 535,736 (35,965)
Net change in unrealized gains/losses on available-for-sale securities, net of
tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,425 (491,532) 38,018
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,713 (80,169) 148,452
Balance, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,736 (35,965) 150,505
Total stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,101,446 $8,566,415 $ 9,160,610
Comprehensive income
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 839,553 $1,896,230 $ 751,391
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains/(losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of taxes of
$(315,001), $7,669 and $(29,914) for 2004, 2005, and 2006,
respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472,532 (11,510) 32,961
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains)/losses included in net
income, net of taxes of $738, $320,015, and $(3,371) for 2004, 2005,
and 2006, respectively. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,107) (480,022) 5,057
Net change in unrealized (gains)/losses on available-for-sale securities, net
of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,425 (491,532) 38,018
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,713 (80,169) 148,452
Other comprehensive income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532,138 (571,701) 186,470
Comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,371,691 $1,324,529 $ 937,861
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity — (Continued)
Number of Outstanding Shares
(in thousands)
Common stock
Balance, beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321,408 1,383,584 1,430,162
Common stock and restricted stock issued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,176 58,258 23,153
Repurchases of common stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — (11,680) (93,068)
Balance, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383,584 1,430,162 1,360,247
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1 THE COMPANY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Company. Yahoo! Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries (“Yahoo!” or the “Company”), is a leading
global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo!’s mission is to connect
people to their passions, their communities, and the world’s knowledge.
Stock Split. On April 7, 2004, the Yahoo! Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of the Company’s shares
of common stock effected in the form of a stock dividend. As a result of the stock split, Yahoo! stockholders
received one additional share of Yahoo! common stock for each share of common stock held of record on April 26,
2004. The additional shares of Yahoo! common stock were distributed on May 11, 2004. All share and per share
amounts in these consolidated financial statements and related notes have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the
stock split for all periods presented.
Basis of Presentation. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Yahoo! and its majority-
owned or otherwise controlled subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated. Investments in entities in which the Company can exercise significant influence, but does not own a
majority equity interest or otherwise control, are accounted for using the equity method and are included as
Investments in equity interests on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company has included the results of
operations of acquired companies from the date of acquisition. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to
conform to the current year presentation.
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.
On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to uncollectible receivables, the
useful lives of long-lived assets including property and equipment, investment fair values, goodwill and other
intangible assets, income taxes and contingencies. In addition, the Company uses assumptions when employing the
Black-Scholes option valuation model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted for reporting and pro forma
disclosure purposes. The Company bases its estimates of the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities on
historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances,
when these carrying values are not readily available from other sources. Actual results may differ from these
estimates. In 2006, the Company identified $25 million of non-cash expenses, net of tax, (or $0.02 per diluted
share) relating to 2004 and earlier years, which were corrected in 2006. See Note 10 — “Income Taxes” and
Note 12 — “Employee Benefits” for additional information.
Revenue Recognition. The Company’s revenues are derived principally from services, which comprise marketing
services for businesses and offerings to users. The Company classifies these revenues as marketing services and
fees.
The Company recognizes revenue on arrangements in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Staff
Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104 “Revenue Recognition,” (“SAB 104”) and Financial Accounting Standard
Board’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-21, “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliver-
ables.” In all cases, revenue is recognized only when the price is fixed or determinable, persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, the service is performed and collectibility of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. In
accordance with EITF No. 01-9, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a Reseller of
the Vendor’s Product,” the Company accounts for cash consideration given to customers, for which it does not
receive a separately identifiable benefit or cannot reasonably estimate fair value, as a reduction of revenue rather
than as an expense.
Marketing services revenue is generated from several offerings including: the display of rich media advertisements,
display of text based links to an advertiser’s website, listing based services and commerce based transactions.
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The Company recognizes revenue from the display of graphical advertisements (“display advertising”) on the
Yahoo! Properties and on the websites of affiliates as “impressions” are delivered. An “impression” is delivered
when an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users. Arrangements for these services generally have terms of
up to three years and in the majority of cases, the terms are less than one year or may be terminated at any time by the
advertiser. Some of these advertising agreements may involve multiple element arrangements (arrangements with
more than one deliverable).
The Company also recognizes revenue from the display of text based links to the websites of its advertisers (“search
advertising”) which are placed on the Yahoo! Properties. Search advertising revenue is recognized as “click-
throughs” occur. A “click-through” occurs when a user clicks on an advertiser’s listing.
In addition to delivering search and display advertising on the Yahoo! properties, the Company also generates
revenue from search and/or display advertising offerings on the websites of third party entities (which the Company
refers to as “affiliates”) who have integrated the Company’s offerings into their websites. The Company pays
affiliates for the revenue generated from the display of these advertisements on the affiliates’ websites. These
payments are called traffic acquisition costs. In accordance with EITF Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross
as a Principal Versus Net as an Agent,” the revenue derived from these arrangements that involve traffic supplied by
affiliates is reported gross of the payment to affiliates. This revenue is reported gross due to the fact that the
Company is the primary obligor to the advertisers who are the customers of the advertising service.
Listings revenue is generated from a variety of consumer and business listings-based services, including access to
the Yahoo! HotJobs database and classifieds such as Yahoo! Autos, Yahoo! Real Estate and other services. The
Company recognizes listings revenue when the services are performed.
Transaction revenue is generated from facilitating commerce based transactions through the Yahoo! Properties,
principally from Yahoo!’s commerce properties including Yahoo! Travel and Yahoo! Shopping. The Company
recognizes transaction revenue when there is evidence that qualifying transactions have occurred, for example,
when travel arrangements are booked through Yahoo! Travel.
Fees revenue consists of revenues generated from a variety of consumer and business fee-based services, including
Internet broadband services, premium mail, music and personals offerings as well as services for small businesses.
The Company recognizes fees revenue when the services are performed.
Current deferred revenue primarily comprises contractual billings in excess of recognized revenue and payments
received in advance of revenue recognition. Long-term deferred revenue includes amounts received from
customers for which services will not be delivered within the next 12 months. Long-term deferred revenue also
includes amounts that arose on the settlement of a litigation dispute. See Note 14 — “Litigation Settlement” for
additional information.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The Company records its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon its
assessment of various factors. The Company considers historical experience, the age of the accounts receivable
balances, the credit quality of its customers, current economic conditions and other factors that may affect
customers’ ability to pay to determine the level of allowance required.
Traffic Acquisition Costs. Traffic acquisition costs consist of payments made to affiliates that have integrated
Yahoo!’s search and/or display advertising offerings into their websites and payments made to companies that direct
consumer and business traffic to the Yahoo! Properties. The Company enters into agreements of varying duration
that involve these traffic acquisition costs. There are generally three economic structures of the affiliate
agreements: fixed payments based on a guaranteed minimum amount of traffic delivered, which often carry
reciprocal performance guarantees from the affiliate; variable payments based on a percentage of the Company’s
revenue or based on a certain metric, such as number of searches or paid clicks; or a combination of the two. The
Company expenses, as cost of revenues, traffic acquisition costs associated with affiliate arrangements under two
different methods depending on the structure of the agreement. Agreements with fixed payments are expensed
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ratably over the term the fixed payment covers. Agreements based on a percentage of revenue, number of paid
introductions, number of searches, or other metrics are expensed based on the volume of the underlying activity or
revenue multiplied by the agreed-upon price or rate.
Internal Use Software and Website Development Costs. The Company capitalized certain internal use software
and website development costs totaling approximately $19 million, $18 million, and $84 million during 2004, 2005,
and 2006, respectively. The estimated useful life of costs capitalized is evaluated for each specific project and
ranges from one to three years. During 2004, 2005, and 2006, the amortization of capitalized costs totaled
approximately $11 million, $18 million, and $14 million, respectively. Capitalized internal use software and
website development costs are included in property and equipment, net.
Product Development. Product development expenses consist primarily of compensation related expenses
(including stock-based compensation expense) incurred for the development of, enhancements to and maintenance
of the Yahoo! Properties, classification and organization of listings within Yahoo! Properties, research and
development and Yahoo!’s technology platforms and infrastructure. Depreciation expense and other operating
costs are also included in product development.
Advertising Costs. Advertising production costs are recorded as expense the first time an advertisement appears.
Costs of communicating advertising are recorded as expense as advertising space or airtime is used. All other
advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense totaled approximately $160 million, $201 million,
and $222 million for 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for employee stock-based
compensation using the intrinsic value method supplemented by pro forma disclosures in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”)
and SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), as amended by SFAS No. 148,
“Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure — an amendment of FASB Statement
No. 123” (“SFAS 148”). Under the intrinsic value method, the recorded stock-based compensation expense was
related to the amortization of the intrinsic value of Yahoo! stock options and other stock-based awards issued by the
Company and assumed in connection with business combinations. Options granted with exercise prices equal to the
grant date fair value of the Company’s stock have no intrinsic value and therefore no expense was recorded for these
options under APB 25. For stock options whose exercise price was below the grant date fair value of the Company’s
stock (principally options assumed in business combinations), the difference between the exercise price and the
grant date fair value of the Company’s stock was expensed over the service period (generally the vesting period)
using an accelerated amortization approach in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) Interpretation No. 28, “Accounting for Stock Appreciation Rights and Other Variable Stock Option
or Award Plans.” Other stock-based awards for which stock-based compensation expense was recorded were
generally grants of restricted stock awards which were measured at fair value on the date of grant, based on the
number of shares granted and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock. Such value was recognized as an
expense over the corresponding service period.
Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123R using the modified prospective approach and
accordingly prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact of SFAS 123R. Under SFAS 123R, stock-
based awards granted prior to its adoption are expensed over the remaining portion of their service period. These
awards are expensed under an accelerated amortization approach using the same fair value measurements which
were used in calculating pro forma stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123. For stock-based awards
granted on or after January 1, 2006, the Company records stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis
over the requisite service period, generally one to four years. SFAS 123R required that the deferred stock-based
compensation on the consolidated balance sheet on the date of adoption be netted against additional paid-in capital.
As of December 31, 2005, there was a balance of $235 million of deferred stock-based compensation that was
netted against additional paid-in capital on January 1, 2006.
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The Company has elected to use the “with and without” approach as described in EITF Topic No. D-32 in
determining the order in which tax attributes are utilized. As a result, the Company will only recognize a tax benefit
from stock-based awards in additional paid-in capital if an incremental tax benefit is realized after all other tax
attributes currently available to the Company have been utilized. In addition, the Company has elected to account
for the indirect effects of stock-based awards on other tax attributes, such as the research tax credit, through the
income statement.
Operating Leases. The Company leases office space and data centers under operating lease agreements with
original lease periods up to 23 years. Certain of the lease agreements contain rent holidays and rent escalation
provisions. Rent holidays and rent escalation provisions are considered in determining straight-line rent expense to
be recorded over the lease term. The lease term begins on the date of initial possession of the lease property for
purposes of recognizing lease expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Lease renewal periods are
considered on a lease-by-lease basis and are generally not included in the initial lease term.
Income Taxes. Deferred income taxes are determined based on the differences between the financial reporting and
tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws. The provision for
income taxes comprises the Company’s current tax liability and change in deferred income tax assets and liabilities.
See Note 10 — “Income Taxes” for additional information.
Comprehensive Income. Comprehensive income consists of two components, net income and other comprehen-
sive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to gains and losses that under generally accepted
accounting principles are recorded as an element of stockholders’ equity but are excluded from net income. The
Company’s other comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of foreign currency translation adjustments and
unrealized gains and losses on marketable securities categorized as available-for-sale, as well as the Company’s
share of its equity investees foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses on marketable
securities categorized as available-for sale.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Short and Long-Term Investments. The Company invests its excess cash in debt
instruments of the United States Government and its agencies and in high-quality corporate issuers which are
classified as marketable debt securities. All highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or
less are considered cash equivalents. Investments with effective maturities of less than 12 months from the balance
sheet date are classified as current assets. Investments with effective maturities greater than 12 months from the
balance sheet date are classified as long-term assets.
The Company’s marketable debt and equity securities are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair
value, with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Realized gains or losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary, if any, on available-for-sale
securities are reported in other income, net. The Company evaluates the investments periodically for possible
other-than-temporary impairment and reviews factors such as the length of time and extent to which fair value has
been below cost basis, the financial condition of the issuer and the Company’s ability and intent to hold the
investment for a period of time which may be sufficient for anticipated recovery in market value. The Company
records impairment charges equal to the amount that the carrying value of its available-for-sale securities exceeds
the estimated fair market value of the securities as of the evaluation date, if appropriate. The fair value for securities
is determined based on quoted market prices as of the valuation date. In computing realized gains and losses on
available-for-sale securities, the Company determines cost based on amounts paid, including direct costs such as
commissions, to acquire the security using the specific identification method. During the years ended December 31,
2004, 2005 and 2006, gross realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities were not material.
Concentration of Risk. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of
credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, marketable debt securities and accounts receivable. As of
December 31, 2006, substantially all of the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments were managed by six
financial institutions. Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from revenue earned from
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customers. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains allowances for
potential credit losses. Historically, such losses have been within management’s expectations. As of December 31,
2005 and 2006, no one customer accounted for 10 percent or more of the accounts receivable balance and no one
customer accounted for 10 percent or more of the Company’s revenues for 2004, 2005, or 2006.
Long-Lived Assets.
Property and Equipment. Buildings are stated at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of 25 years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of their expected useful
life and the remaining lease term. Computers and equipment and furniture and fixtures are stated at cost and
depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally two to five years.
The Company recognized depreciation expense on property and equipment of approximately $165 million,
$224 million, and $302 million for 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively. The Company also capitalized $14 million
of stock-based compensation expense in the year ended December 31, 2006.
Goodwill. Goodwill is carried at cost. Goodwill is not amortized but is subject to an annual test for impairment at
the reporting unit level (operating segment or one level below an operating segment) and between annual tests in
certain circumstances. The performance of the test involves a two-step process. The first step of the impairment test
involves comparing the fair value of the Company’s reporting units with the reporting unit’s carrying amount,
including goodwill. The Company generally determines the fair value of its reporting units using the expected
present value of future cash flows, giving consideration to the market valuation approach. If the carrying amount of
a reporting unit exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, the Company performs the second step of the goodwill
impairment test to determine the amount of impairment loss, if any.
Intangible Assets Other than Goodwill. Intangible assets other than goodwill are carried at cost less accumulated
amortization. Intangible assets are generally amortized on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the respective
assets, generally two to seven years. Long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets to be held and used
are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such
assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash
flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. Measurement of any impairment loss for long-
lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets that management expects to hold and use is based on the
amount the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset.
Investments in Equity Interests. Investments in entities in which the Company can exercise significant influence
but does not own a majority equity interest or otherwise control, are accounted for using the equity method and
included as Investments in equity interests on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records its share of the
results of these companies one quarter in arrears within earnings in equity interests on the consolidated statements
of income. The Company monitors its investments for other-than-temporary impairment by considering factors
including the stock price of public companies in which it has an equity investment as well as current economic and
market conditions and the operating performance of the companies and records reductions in carrying values when
necessary. The fair value of privately held investments is estimated using the best available information as of the
valuation date, including current earnings trends, undiscounted cash flows, quoted stock prices of comparable
public companies, and other company specific information, including recent financing rounds.
The carrying amounts of these investments are greater than the underlying equity in net assets of these companies in
certain cases due in part to goodwill, which is not subject to amortization in accordance with SFAS No. 142
“Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). This goodwill is evaluated for impairment in accordance
with APB Opinion No. 18, “The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock.”
Foreign Currency. The functional currency of the Company’s international subsidiaries is generally the local
currency. The financial statements of these subsidiaries are translated into United States dollars using period-end
rates of exchange for assets and liabilities and average rates of exchange for the period for revenues and expenses.
Translation gains (losses) are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of
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stockholders’ equity. The Company recorded foreign currency transaction gains and losses, realized and unrealized
in other income, net on the consolidated statements of income, of approximately $6 million of net gains in 2004, net
losses of $8 million in 2005, and net gains of $5 million in 2006.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Account-
ing for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies
the accounting for uncertainty in income tax positions. This Interpretation requires that the Company recognize in
its financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on
audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 became effective for the Company on
January 1, 2007, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle, if any, recorded as an adjustment
to opening retained earnings. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting FIN 48 and its impact on
its financial position, cash flows, and results of operations.
In September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released SAB No. 108, “Considering the
Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements”
(“SAB 108”). SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on the SEC’s views on how the effects of the carryover or
reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The
Company adopted SAB 108 during the fourth quarter of 2006. The adoption did not have a material impact on the
Company’s financial position, cash flows, or results of operations.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”), which clarifies the
definition of fair value, establishes guidelines for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures regarding fair value
measurements. SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements and eliminates inconsistencies in
guidance found in various prior accounting pronouncements. SFAS 157 will be effective for the Company on
January 1, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 157 but does not believe that the
adoption of SFAS 157 will have a material impact on its financial position, cash flows, or results of operations.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”) which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other
items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. SFAS 159 will be effective for the
Company on January 1, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 159 on its
financial position, cash flows, and results of operations.
Note 2 BASIC AND DILUTED NET INCOME PER SHARE
Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during
the period, excluding any unvested restricted stock that is subject to repurchase. Diluted net income per share is
computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares
outstanding during the period. Potential common shares consist of unvested restricted stock and restricted stock
units, collectively referred to as “restricted stock awards” (using the treasury stock method), the incremental
common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (using the treasury stock method) and the conversion of
the Company’s zero coupon senior convertible notes (using the if-converted method). For 2004, 2005, and 2006,
approximately 50 million, 55 million, and 108 million options to purchase common stock, respectively, were
excluded from the calculation, as the exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common
stock during the respective years. See Note 9 — “Long-Term Debt” for additional information related to the
Company’s zero coupon senior convertible notes.
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The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands, except per
share amounts):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Numerator:
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 839,553 $1,896,230 $ 751,391
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353,942 1,403,963 1,393,424
Weighted average unvested restricted stock subject to
repurchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (503) (3,542) (4,683)
Denominator for basic calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353,439 1,400,421 1,388,741
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities:
Restricted stock awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 33 2,164
Employee stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,228 48,552 30,196
Convertible notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,585 36,585 36,585
Denominator for diluted calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,452,499 1,485,591 1,457,686
Net income per share — basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.62 $ 1.35 $ 0.54
Net income per share — diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.58 $ 1.28 $ 0.52
Note 3 ACQUISITIONS
The following table summarizes significant acquisitions (including business combinations, asset acquisitions and
strategic investments) completed during the three years ended December 31, 2006 (in millions):
Purchase Amortizable
Price Goodwill Intangibles
2004
3721 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 95 $ 81 $ 12
Kelkoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $571 $454 $107
Musicmatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $158 $172 $ 21
Other acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 49 $ 41 $ 14
2005
Verdisoft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 58 $ — $ 93
Yahoo! Europe(*) and Yahoo! Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $501 $388 $ 87
Other acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 79 $ 58 $ 32
Alibaba (see Note 4 — “Investments in Equity Interests”)
2006
Yahoo! 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35 $ 16 $ 19
Gmarket Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 61 $ — $ —
Other acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 42 $ 27 $ 21
(*)
Yahoo! Europe refers to three separate companies, Yahoo! France, Yahoo! Germany and Yahoo! UK, collectively called “Yahoo! Europe”,
previously joint ventures with SOFTBANK Corp. (“SOFTBANK”).
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Transactions completed in 2004
3721. On January 2, 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of 3721 Network Software Company Limited
(“3721”), a Hong Kong-based software development company. The acquisition combined the Company’s global
audience of users and 3721’s keyword search technology to enable the Company to continue improving its global
search services. These factors contributed to a purchase price in excess of the fair value of net tangible and
intangible assets acquired from 3721 and as a result, the Company recorded goodwill in connection with this
transaction.
The total purchase price of approximately $95 million consisted of $92 million in cash consideration, $2 million
related to stock options exchanged and direct transaction costs of $1 million. The total cash consideration of
approximately $92 million less cash acquired of approximately $7 million resulted in a net cash outlay of
$85 million.
The allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the fair values was as
follows (in thousands):
Cash acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... $ 6,917
Other tangible assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 4,498
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer and advertiser related relationships . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 7,600
Developed technology and patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 3,800
Trade name, trademark and domain name . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 1,000
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 80,957
Total assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,772
Liabilities assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11,186)
Deferred stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,757
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 95,343
The amortizable intangible assets have useful lives not exceeding five years and a weighted average useful life of
approximately 3 years. No amount has been allocated to in-process research and development and $81 million has
been allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net
tangible and intangible assets acquired and is not deductible for tax purposes. See Note 4 — “Investments in Equity
Interests” for a description of the Company’s investment in Alibaba and the related divestiture of 3721.
Kelkoo. On April 5, 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Kelkoo S.A.
(“Kelkoo”), a leading European online comparison shopping service. In July 2004, the Company completed
the acquisition of additional interests in Kelkoo, increasing the Company’s total ownership interest in Kelkoo to
100 percent. The acquisition expanded the Company’s global commerce presence and together with the Company’s
existing services increased the Company’s competitive position in Europe. These factors contributed to a purchase
price in excess of the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired from Kelkoo and as a result, the
Company recorded goodwill in connection with this transaction.
The total purchase price of approximately $571 million consisted of $562 million in cash consideration, $6 million
in incurred liabilities and direct transaction costs of $3 million. The total cash consideration of approximately
$562 million less cash acquired of $39 million resulted in a net cash outlay of $523 million.
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The allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the fair values was as
follows (in thousands):
Cash acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,817
Other tangible assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 24,068
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer, affiliate and advertiser related relationships . . . . ..................... 36,100
Developed technology and patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 9,100
Trade name, trademark and domain name . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 61,300
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 453,555
Total assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622,940
Liabilities assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (51,832)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $571,108
The amortizable intangible assets have useful lives not exceeding five years and a weighted average useful life of
approximately 5 years. No amount has been allocated to in-process research and development and $454 million has
been allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net
tangible and intangible assets acquired and is not deductible for tax purposes.
Musicmatch. On October 18, 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of Musicmatch, Inc. (“Musicmatch”),
a leading provider of personalized music software and services. The acquisition significantly increased the
Company’s presence in the digital music business and together with the Company’s existing music services, Yahoo!
Music, provided one of the most comprehensive suite of music services for users, marketers, artists and record
labels. These factors contributed to a purchase price in excess of the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets
acquired from Musicmatch and as a result, the Company recorded goodwill in connection with this transaction.
The total purchase price of $158 million consisted of $157 million in cash consideration and direct transaction costs
of $1 million. The $157 million of total cash consideration less cash acquired of $3 million resulted in a net cash
outlay of $154 million.
The allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the fair values was as
follows (in thousands):
Cash acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... $ 2,516
Other tangible assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 8,591
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer contracts and related relationships . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 1,700
Developed technology and patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 18,100
Trade name, trademark and domain name . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 1,100
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 171,633
Total assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,640
Liabilities assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (45,317)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $158,323
The amortizable intangible assets have useful lives of three years. No amount has been allocated to in-process
research and development and $172 million has been allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of the
purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and is not deductible for tax
purposes.
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Other Acquisitions — Business Combinations. During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company acquired
three other companies which were accounted for as business combinations. The total estimated purchase price for
these three acquisitions was approximately $49 million and consisted of $46 million in cash consideration,
$2 million related to stock options exchanged, and $1 million direct transaction costs. The total cash consideration
of $46 million less cash acquired of approximately $2 million resulted in a net cash outlay of $44 million. Of the
purchase price, $41 million was allocated to goodwill, $14 million to amortizable intangible assets and $6 million to
net assumed liabilities. No amounts have been allocated to in-process research and development. Goodwill
represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and is
not deductible for tax purposes.
Transactions completed in 2005
Verdisoft. On February 11, 2005, the Company acquired Verdisoft Corporation (“Verdisoft”), a software devel-
opment company. The acquisition of Verdisoft enhanced the Company’s platform for delivering content and
services to mobile devices as part of the Company’s strategy to provide users with seamless access to its network.
The transaction was treated as an asset acquisition for accounting purposes and therefore no goodwill was recorded.
The purchase price was $58 million and consisted of $54 million in cash consideration, $3 million related to stock
options exchanged and $1 million of direct transaction costs. In connection with the acquisition, the Company also
issued approximately 1 million shares of restricted stock valued at $35 million that will be recognized as expense
over three years as the Company’s right to repurchase these shares lapses on the third anniversary of the date of
grant. For accounting purposes, $93 million was allocated to amortizable intangible assets, $37 million to
liabilities, primarily deferred income tax liabilities, and $2 million to deferred stock-based compensation (of which
the outstanding balance on January 1, 2006 was netted against additional paid-in capital upon the adoption of
SFAS 123R). The amortizable intangible assets have useful lives not exceeding four years and a weighted average
useful life of approximately 3 years.
Yahoo! Europe and Yahoo! Korea. In November 1996, the Company entered into joint ventures with SOFTBANK
Corp. (together with its consolidated affiliates, “SOFTBANK”) whereby separate companies were formed in the
United Kingdom, France and Germany (collectively, “Yahoo! Europe”), which established and managed local
versions of Yahoo! in those countries. In August 1997, the Company entered into a similar joint venture with
SOFTBANK in Korea. Prior to November 2005, the Company had a majority share of approximately 70 percent in
each of the Yahoo! Europe entities and 67 percent in Yahoo! Korea and therefore the results of these entities were
included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, with minority interests separately presented on the
consolidated statements of income and consolidated balance sheets. On November 23, 2005, the Company
purchased SOFTBANK’s remaining shares in the joint ventures giving the Company 100 percent ownership in these
entities.
The total purchase price of $501 million consisted of $500 million in cash consideration and direct transaction costs
of $1 million.
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The allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the fair values was as
follows (in thousands):
Net tangible assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 52,484
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer contracts and related relationships . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 30,561
Developed technology and patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 6,570
Trade name, trademark and domain name . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 50,121
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 387,771
Total assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527,507
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (26,633)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,874
The amortizable intangible assets have useful lives not exceeding five years and a weighted average life of
approximately 4 years. No amount has been allocated to in-process research and development and $388 million has
been allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net
tangible and intangible assets acquired and is not deductible for tax purposes.
Other Acquisitions — Business Combinations. During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company acquired
four other companies which were accounted for as business combinations. The total purchase price for these four
acquisitions was $79 million and consisted of $72 million in cash consideration, $3 million related to stock options
exchanged and $3 million of direct transaction costs. The total cash consideration of $72 million less cash acquired
of $3 million resulted in net cash outlay of $69 million. Of the purchase price, $58 million was allocated to
goodwill, $32 million to amortizable intangible assets and $11 million to net assumed liabilities. Approximately
$1 million was allocated to in-process research and development and expensed in the consolidated statements of
income. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible
assets acquired and is not deductible for tax purposes.
During 2005, the Company also made a strategic investment in Alibaba.com Corporation (“Alibaba”) — see
Note 4 — “Investments in Equity Interests.”
Transactions completed in 2006
Seven. On January 29, 2006, the Company and Seven Network Limited (“Seven”), a leading Australian media
company, completed a strategic partnership in which the Company contributed its Australian Internet business,
Yahoo! Australia and New Zealand (“Yahoo! Australia”), and Seven contributed its online assets, television and
magazine content, an option to purchase its 33 percent ownership interest in mobile solutions provider m.Net
Corporation Ltd, and cash of $7 million. The Company believes this strategic partnership and the contribution of
the respective businesses with their rich media and entertainment content will create a comprehensive and engaging
online experience for local users and advertisers. The Company obtained a 50 percent equity ownership interest in
the newly formed entity, which operates as “Yahoo! 7.” Pursuant to a shareholders agreement and a power of
attorney granted by Seven to vote certain of its shares, the Company has the right to vote 50.1 percent of the
outstanding voting interests in Yahoo! 7 and control over the day-to-day operations and therefore consolidates
Yahoo! 7, which includes the operations of Yahoo! Australia. For accounting purposes, the Company is considered
to have acquired the assets contributed by Seven in exchange for 50 percent of the ownership of Yahoo! Australia.
Accordingly, the Company accounted for this transaction in accordance with SFAS No. 141 “Business Combi-
nations.” The total estimated purchase price was $35 million including direct transaction costs of $2 million.
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The allocation of the purchase price of the Company’s share of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on
their fair values was as follows (in thousands):
Cash acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,763
Other tangible assets acquired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer contracts, related relationships and developed technology and intellectual
property rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,600
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,030
Total assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,793
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6,075)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,718
The amortizable intangible assets have useful lives not exceeding seven years and a weighted average useful life of
seven years. No amounts have been allocated to in-process research and development and approximately
$16 million has been allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair
value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and is not deductible for tax purposes.
As a result of this transaction, the Company’s ownership in Yahoo! Australia, which is now part of Yahoo! 7,
decreased to 50 percent. The Company effectively recognized a non-cash gain of approximately $30 million
representing the difference between the fair value of Yahoo! Australia and its carrying value adjusted for the
Company’s continued ownership in Yahoo! 7. This non-cash gain was accounted for as a capital transaction and
recorded as additional paid-in capital because of certain future events that could affect actual realization of the gain.
The Company also recorded a minority interest of $7 million related to its reduced ownership of Yahoo! Australia
and Seven’s retained interest in their contributed net assets.
Investment in Gmarket. On June 12, 2006, the Company acquired an approximate 10 percent interest in Gmarket
Inc., a retail e-commerce provider in South Korea, for $61 million, including direct transaction costs of approx-
imately $1 million.
Other Acquisitions — Business Combinations. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company acquired
three other companies which were accounted for as business combinations. The total purchase price for these three
acquisitions was $42 million and consisted of $41 million in cash consideration and $1 million of direct transaction
costs. The total cash consideration of $41 million less cash acquired of $1 million resulted in net cash outlay of
$40 million. Of the purchase price, $27 million was allocated to goodwill, $21 million to amortizable intangible
assets and $6 million to net assumed liabilities. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair
value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and is not deductible for tax purposes.
In each of the three years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006, the Company also completed immaterial asset
acquisitions that did not qualify as business combinations.
Pro forma results of operations have not been presented for the acquisitions completed during the years ended
December 31, 2005 and 2006 as the results of the acquired companies, not already consolidated, either individually
or in the aggregate were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial results before the acquisitions.
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Note 4 INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY INTERESTS
As of December 31, Investments in equity interests consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
Percent
2005 2006 Ownership
Alibaba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,408,716 $1,411,651 44%
Yahoo! Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,685 476,870 34%
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 3,313
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,758,401 $1,891,834
Equity Investment in Alibaba. On October 23, 2005, the Company acquired approximately 46 percent of the
outstanding common stock of Alibaba, which represented approximately 40 percent on a fully diluted basis, in
exchange for $1.0 billion in cash, the contribution of the Company’s China based businesses, including 3721
(“Yahoo! China”) and direct transaction costs of $8 million. Pursuant to the terms of a shareholder agreement, the
Company has an approximate 35 percent voting interest in Alibaba, with the remainder of its voting rights subject to
a voting agreement with Alibaba management. Other investors in Alibaba include SOFTBANK. The investment in
Alibaba is being accounted for using the equity method, and the total investment, including net tangible assets,
identifiable intangible assets and goodwill, is classified as part of investments in equity interests on the Company’s
consolidated balance sheets. The Company records its share of the results of Alibaba and any related amortization
expense, one quarter in arrears, within earnings in equity interests on the consolidated statements of income.
Through this transaction, the Company has combined its leading search capabilities with Alibaba’s leading online
marketplace and online payment system and Alibaba’s strong local presence, expertise and vision in the China
market. These factors contributed to a purchase price in excess of the Company’s share of the fair value of Alibaba’s
net tangible and intangible assets acquired resulting in goodwill.
The purchase price was based on acquiring a 40 percent equity interest in Alibaba on a fully diluted basis. As of
December 31, 2006, the Company’s ownership interest in Alibaba was 44 percent, an approximate 2 percent
decrease from the initial investment, primarily as a result of the conversion of Alibaba’s outstanding convertible
debt in April 2006. The Company’s ownership interest in Alibaba may be further diluted to 40 percent upon exercise
of Alibaba’s employee stock options. The Company will recognize non-cash gains if and when such further dilution
to its ownership interest in Alibaba occurs, as such reduction in interest results in an incremental sale of Yahoo!
China. In allocating the excess of the carrying value of its investment in Alibaba over its proportionate share of the
net assets of Alibaba, the Company allocated a portion of the excess to goodwill to account for the estimated
reductions in the carrying value of the investment in Alibaba that may occur as the Company’s equity interest is
diluted to 40 percent. As a result, the reduction in ownership interest of 2 percent upon the conversion of Alibaba’s
outstanding convertible debt did not result in any impact on the consolidated statements of income other than for the
non-cash gain related to such reduction being treated as an incremental sale of Yahoo! China as discussed below.
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As of December 31, 2006, the difference between the Company’s carrying value of its investment in Alibaba and its
proportionate share of the net assets of Alibaba is summarized as follows (in thousands):
Carrying value of investment in Alibaba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,411,651
Proportionate share of net assets of Alibaba(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927,651
Excess of carrying value of investment over proportionate share of net assets . . . . . . $ 484,000
The excess carrying value has been primarily assigned to:
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 415,616
Amortizable intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,597
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,213)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 484,000
(*)
The majority of assets are comprised primarily of goodwill and intangible assets.
The amortizable intangible assets have useful lives not exceeding seven years and a weighted average useful life of
approximately 5 years. No amount has been allocated to in-process research and development. Goodwill is not
deductible for tax purposes.
Following the acquisition date, Yahoo! China has not been included in the Company’s consolidated results but is
included within earnings in equity interests to the extent of the Company’s continued ownership interest in Alibaba.
The results of operations of Yahoo! China were not material to the consolidated results of the Company for the year
ended December 31, 2004 and the period from January 1, 2005 to October 23, 2005, the date of the divestiture of
Yahoo! China. In connection with the transaction, in the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company recorded a non-cash
gain of $338 million in other income, net, based on the difference between the fair value of Yahoo! China and its
carrying value adjusted for the Company’s continued ownership in the newly combined entity.
As a result of the conversion of Alibaba’s outstanding convertible debt described above, the Company recorded a
non-cash gain during the year ended December 31, 2006 of approximately $15 million in other income, net to
account for an approximate 2 percent reduction in the Company’s ownership interest in Alibaba from 46 percent to
44 percent, which was treated as an incremental sale of additional equity interests in Yahoo! China.
As of December 31, 2006, the Company had losses of $34 million, net of tax (including $24 million, net of tax,
related to amortization of intangible assets) included in retained earnings relating to its investment in Alibaba.
The Company also has commercial arrangements with Alibaba to provide technical, development, and advertising
services. For the year ended December 31, 2006, these transactions were not material.
Equity Investment in Yahoo! Japan.
During April 1996, the Company signed a joint venture agreement with SOFTBANK, which was amended in
September 1997, whereby Yahoo! Japan Corporation (“Yahoo! Japan”) was formed. Yahoo! Japan was formed to
establish and manage a local version of Yahoo! in Japan. During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006, the
Company received cash dividends from Yahoo! Japan in the amounts of $11 million and $13 million, respectively,
which were recorded as reductions in the Company’s investment in Yahoo! Japan. The Company also has
commercial arrangements with Yahoo! Japan, consisting of services, including algorithmic search services and
sponsored search services and the related traffic acquisition costs and license fees. The net cost of these
arrangements was approximately $67 million, $171 million and $246 million for the years ended December 31,
2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. As of December 31, 2005 and 2006, the Company has a net payable balance to
Yahoo! Japan of approximately $7 million and $10 million, respectively.
The investment in Yahoo! Japan is being accounted for using the equity method and the total investment is classified
as part of the Investments in equity interests balance on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records its
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share of the results of Yahoo! Japan one quarter in arrears within earnings in equity interests. The fair value of the
Company’s approximate 34 percent ownership in Yahoo! Japan, based on the quoted stock price, was approximately
$8 billion as of December 31, 2006.
Prior to and during 2001, Yahoo! Japan acquired the Company’s equity interests in certain entities in Japan for total
consideration of approximately $65 million, paid partially in shares of Yahoo! Japan common stock and partially in
cash. As a result of the acquisition, the Company increased its investment in Yahoo! Japan, which resulted in
approximately $41 million of goodwill to be amortized over seven years. The amortization ceased upon the
adoption of SFAS 142 on January 1, 2002. The carrying amount of the Company’s investment in Yahoo! Japan
differs from the amount of the underlying equity in net assets of Yahoo! Japan primarily as a result of this goodwill.
As of December 31, 2005 and 2006, the Company had $304 million and $451 million, respectively, included in
retained earnings relating to its investment in Yahoo! Japan.
The following table presents Yahoo! Japan’s financial information, as derived from the Yahoo! Japan financial
statements for the 12 months ended September 30, 2004, 2005, and 2006 and as of September 30, 2005 and 2006 (in
thousands):
Twelve Months Ended September 30,
2004 2005 2006
Operating data:(*)
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $868,281 $1,367,247 $1,671,154
Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $810,114 $1,251,599 $1,584,433
Income from operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $470,681 $ 656,167 $ 806,718
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $290,576 $ 382,287 $ 451,377
September 30,
2005 2006
Balance sheet data:
Current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900,149 $ 731,757
Long-term assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $469,077 $1,691,508
Current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $306,441 $ 535,232
Long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,663 $ 509,187
(*)
The Company records its share of the results of Yahoo! Japan one quarter in arrears in earnings in equity interests.
The differences between United States and Japanese generally accepted accounting principles did not materially
impact the amounts reflected in the Company’s financial statements.
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Note 5 GOODWILL
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 are as follows (in
thousands):
United States International Total
Balance as of January 1, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,673,419 $ 877,538 $2,550,957
Acquisitions and other(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,333 343,556 390,889
Foreign currency translation adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . — (46,289) (46,289)
Balance as of December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,720,752 $1,174,805 $2,895,557
(*)
Acquisitions and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (61,873) 19,766 (42,107)
Foreign currency translation adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 115,107 115,107
Balance as of December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,658,879 $1,309,678 $2,968,557
(*)
Other includes certain purchase price adjustments that affect existing goodwill. In the year ended December 31, 2005, this also
includes a reduction of $59 million of goodwill related to the divestiture of Yahoo! China. See Note 4 — “Investments in Equity
Interests” for additional information. In the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recorded an adjustment of approximately
$95 million to goodwill relating to a reduction of deferred income tax assets valuation allowances that were recorded at the time certain
net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) were acquired in previous business combinations. As of December 31, 2006, these NOLs
were deemed to be more likely than not to be realized and accordingly the valuation allowances were reversed against the related
goodwill that was recognized at the time of the acquisitions. See Note 10 — “Income Taxes” for additional information.
Note 6 INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
The following table summarizes the Company’s intangible assets, net (in thousands):
December 31, 2005
Gross Carrying Accumulated
Amount Amortization (*) Net
Customer, affiliate and advertiser related relationships . . $348,111 $(188,669) $159,442
Developed technology and patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,610 (119,094) 252,516
Trademark, trade name and domain name . . . . . . . . . . . 183,536 (60,879) 122,657
Total intangible assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $903,257 $(368,642) $534,615
December 31, 2006
Gross Carrying Accumulated
Amount Amortization (*) Net
Customer, affiliate and advertiser related relationships . . $291,239 $(194,640) $ 96,599
Developed technology and patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433,340 (222,894) 210,446
Trademark, trade name and domain name . . . . . . . . . . . 185,674 (86,897) 98,777
Total intangible assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $910,253 $(504,431) $405,822
(*)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, reflecting movement in the currencies of the underlying entities, totaled approximately
$1 million as of December 31, 2005 and $18 million as of December 31, 2006.
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The intangible assets are all amortizable and have original estimated useful lives as follows:
• Customer, affiliate and advertiser related relationships — three to seven years;
• Developed technology and patents — two to five years; and
• Trademark, trade name and domain name — four to seven years.
The Company recognized amortization expense on intangible assets, including amortization expense of developed
technology and patents, of approximately $146 million, $173 million and $238 million for 2004, 2005, and 2006,
respectively, including $44 million, $64 million, and $113 million, respectively, included in cost of revenues. Based
on the current amount of intangibles subject to amortization, the estimated amortization expense for each of the
succeeding years is as follows: 2007: $196 million; 2008: $138 million; 2009: $36 million; 2010: $21 million; 2011:
$8 million and 2012: $7 million.
Note 7 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT DETAILS
Other income, net
Other income, net for 2004, 2005, and 2006 was as follows (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Interest and investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 60,830 $ 125,122 $143,310
Investment gains (losses), net(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415,125 967,327 (3,527)
Gains on divestiture of Yahoo! China(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 337,965 15,158
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,488 5,443 2,093
Total other income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $496,443 $1,435,857 $157,034
(1)
See Note 14 — “Litigation Settlement” for additional information related to the investment gains in the years ended December 31,
2004 and 2005. An impairment loss of $28 million was also recorded on an available-for-sale equity investment in the year ended
December 31, 2005.
(2)
See Note 4 — “Investments in Equity Interests” for additional information related to the gains on the divestiture of Yahoo! China for
the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006.
Investment gains (losses), net include realized investment gains, realized investment losses, and impairment
charges related to declines in values of publicly traded securities and securities of privately held companies judged
to be other than temporary.
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
As of December 31, Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
2005 2006
Prepaid expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 70,706 $ 68,807
Deferred income taxes (Note 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,085 129,968
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,185 19,004
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $166,976 $217,779
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Property and equipment, net
As of December 31, Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
2005 2006
Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... $ 51,061 $ 161,980
Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... 192,266 196,312
Leasehold improvements . ................................... 73,054 149,857
Computers and equipment ................................... 838,357 1,208,055
Furniture and fixtures. . . . ................................... 63,955 92,509
Assets not yet in use . . . . ................................... 48,624 146,084
1,267,317 1,954,797
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (569,795) (853,418)
Total property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 697,522 $1,101,379
Other long-term assets
As of December 31, Other long-term assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
2005 2006
Deferred income taxes (Note 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,746 $251,068
Investments in privately-held companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,920 45,404
Investments in publicly-held companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,885 114,220
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,641 49,296
Total other long-term assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,192 $459,988
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
As of December 31, Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
2005 2006
Accrued content, connection, traffic acquisition and other costs . . . . . . . . . $303,167 $ 399,909
Deferred income taxes (Note 10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 11,759
Accrued compensation and related expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224,793 292,129
Accrued taxes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,285 90,310
Accrued professional service expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,983 62,625
Accrued sales and marketing related expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,519 55,778
Accrued acquisition-related costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,008 11,455
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,881 122,917
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $827,589 $1,046,882
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Other long-term liabilities
As of December 31, Other long-term liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
2005 2006
Deferred income taxes (Note 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $243,575 $19,204
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 36,890
Total other long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $243,580 $56,094
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
As of December 31, the components of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows (in
thousands):
2004 2005 2006
Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, net
of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $475,314 $(16,218) $ 21,800
Foreign currency translation, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,422 (19,747) 128,705
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . $535,736 $(35,965) $150,505
Note 8 INVESTMENTS
The following tables summarize the investments in available-for-sale securities (in thousands):
December 31, 2005
Gross Gross Gross
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Estimated
Costs Gains Losses Fair Value
United States Government and agency
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,057,960 $ 29 $(13,210) $1,044,779
Municipal bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,760 — (166) 9,594
Corporate debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,528,282 127 (12,627) 1,515,782
Corporate equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,175 — (1,168) 30,007
Total investments in available-for-sale
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,627,177 $156 $(27,171) $2,600,162
December 31, 2006
Gross Gross Gross
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Estimated
Costs Gains Losses Fair Value
United States Government and agency
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 773,721 $ 180 $ (5,356) $ 768,545
Municipal bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,879 — (100) 10,779
Corporate debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193,540 539 (5,989) 1,188,090
Corporate equity securities(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,441 47,099 (1,320) 114,220(*)
Total investments in available-for-sale
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,046,581 $47,818 $(12,765) $2,081,634
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December 31,
2005 2006
Reported as:
Marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,131,141 $1,031,528
Long-term marketable debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439,014 935,886
Other assets(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,007 114,220(*)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,600,162 $2,081,634
Available-for-sale securities included in cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheets are not
included in the table above as the gross unrealized gains and losses were immaterial for 2005 and 2006 with respect
to these securities.
(*)
These balances include our investment in Gmarket Inc. See Note 3 — “Acquisitions” for additional information.
The contractual maturities of available-for-sale debt securities are as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
2005 2006
Due within one year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,131,141 $1,031,528
Due after one year through five years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,426,799 935,886
Due after five years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,215 —
Total available-for-sale debt securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,570,155 $1,967,414
The following tables show all investments in an unrealized loss position for which an other-than-temporary
impairment has not been recognized and the related gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment
category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (in
thousands):
December 31, 2005
Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized
Value Loss Value Loss Value Loss
United States Government and
agency securities . . . . . . . . . $ 539,875 $ (4,790) $474,856 $ (8,420) $1,014,731 $(13,210)
Municipal bonds . . . . . . . . . . . 9,594 (166) — — 9,594 (166)
Corporate debt securities . . . . . 1,072,961 (7,545) 356,842 (5,082) 1,429,803 (12,627)
Corporate equity securities . . . . — — 2,885 (1,168) 2,885 (1,168)
Total investments in
available-for-sale
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,622,430 $(12,501) $834,583 $(14,670) $2,457,013 $(27,171)
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December 31, 2006
Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total
Unrealized Unrealized Unrealized
Fair Value Loss Fair Value Loss Fair Value Loss
United States Government
and agency securities . . . $138,000 $(223) $ 545,569 $ (5,133) $ 683,569 $ (5,356)
Municipal bonds . . . . . . . . . 2,029 (2) 6,147 (98) 8,176 (100)
Corporate debt securities . . . 514,183 (733) 527,485 (5,256) 1,041,668 (5,989)
Corporate equity
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 2,733 (1,320) 2,733 (1,320)
Total investments in
available-for-sale
securities . . . . . . . . . . . $654,212 $(958) $1,081,934 $(11,807) $1,736,146 $(12,765)
The Company’s investment portfolio consists of government and high-quality corporate securities. Investments in
both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities
may have their fair market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may
produce less income than expected in interest rates fall. The longer the term of the securities, the more susceptible
they are to changes in market rates of interest and yields on bonds. Investments are reviewed periodically to identify
possible other-than-temporary impairment. When evaluating the investments, the Company reviews factors such as
the length of time and extent to which fair value has been below cost basis, the financial condition of the issuer and
the Company’s ability and intent to hold the investment for a period of time which may be sufficient for anticipated
recovery in market value. The Company has the intent and ability to hold these securities for a reasonable period of
time sufficient for a forecasted recovery of fair value up to (or beyond) the initial cost of the investment. The
Company expects to realize the full value of all of these investments upon maturity or sale.
Note 9 LONG-TERM DEBT
In April 2003, the Company issued $750 million of zero coupon senior convertible notes (the “Notes”) due April
2008, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $733 million after transaction fees of $17 million,
which have been deferred and are included on the consolidated balance sheets in long-term other assets. As of
December 31, 2006, $4 million of the transaction fees remained to be amortized. The Notes were issued at par and
bear no interest. The Notes are convertible into Yahoo! common stock at a conversion price of $20.50 per share,
which would result in the issuance of an aggregate of approximately 37 million shares, subject to adjustment upon
the occurrence of specified events. Each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes will initially be convertible into
48.78 shares of Yahoo! common stock.
The Notes are convertible prior to the final maturity date (1) during any fiscal quarter if the closing sale price of the
Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 trading-day period ending on the last trading day of
the immediately preceding fiscal quarter exceeded 110 percent of the conversion price on that 30th trading day,
(2) during the period beginning January 1, 2008 through the maturity date, if the closing sale price of the Company’s
common stock on the previous trading day was 110 percent or more of the then current conversion price and (3) upon
specified corporate transactions. Upon conversion, the Company has the right to deliver cash in lieu of common
stock. The Company may be required to repurchase all of the Notes following a fundamental change of the
Company, such as a change of control, prior to maturity at face value. The Company may not redeem the Notes prior
to their maturity.
As of December 31, 2006, the market price condition for convertibility of the Notes was satisfied with respect to the
fiscal quarter beginning January 1, 2007 and ending on March 31, 2007. During this period holders of the Notes will
be able to convert their Notes into shares of Yahoo! common stock at the rate of 48.78 shares of Yahoo! common
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stock for each Note. The Notes will also be convertible into shares of Yahoo! common stock in subsequent fiscal
quarters, if any, with respect to which the market price condition for convertibility is met.
As of December 31, 2006, the fair value of the Notes was approximately $1.0 billion based on quoted market prices.
The shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes have been included in the computation of diluted net income per
share since the Notes were issued.
Note 10 INCOME TAXES
The components of income before income taxes, earnings in equity interests and minority interests are as follows (in
thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,172,480 $2,047,284 $1,002,673
Foreign(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,544 496,298 95,327
Income before income taxes, earnings in equity
interests and minority interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,185,024 $2,543,582 $1,098,000
(*)
Includes non-cash gains of $338 million and $15 million in 2005 and 2006, respectively, related to the divestiture of Yahoo! China in
connection with the Alibaba transaction (see Note 4 — “Investments in Equity Interests”). The majority of the tax on the gain was
provided in the United States as the gain was not taxable in any foreign jurisdiction.
The provision (benefit) for income taxes is composed of the following (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Current:
United States federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $409,969 $508,175 $ 595,967
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,632 184,296 68,348
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,782 42,625 68,129
Total current provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511,383 735,096 732,444
Deferred:
United States federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (62,620) 37,058 (221,204)
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8,580) 4,996 (23,403)
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,217) (9,334) (29,826)
Total deferred provision (benefit) for income taxes . . . . . . (73,417) 32,720 (274,433)
Provision for income taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $437,966 $767,816 $ 458,011
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The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate
to income before income taxes as follows (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004(3) 2005(3) 2006(2)
Income tax at the United States federal statutory rate of
35 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $414,758 $ 890,254 $384,300
State income taxes, net of federal benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,920 113,685 43,297
Change in valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (40,612) 16,342 15,206
Non-deductible stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,687 1,400 18,652
Capital (loss)/gain on subsidiary restructuring transaction(1) . . . — (248,284) 10,616
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,213 (5,581) (14,060)
Provision for income taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $437,966 $ 767,816 $458,011
(1)
During 2005, the Company completed a taxable liquidation of a subsidiary. The transaction gave rise to a capital loss for tax purposes,
resulting in a tax benefit of approximately $248 million being recorded in 2005.
(2)
During 2006, the Company recorded a reduction in deferred tax liabilities totaling $17 million to correct amounts accrued prior to
2004.
(3)
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts in order to conform to the current year presentation.
Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and
liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The components of
deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
2005 2006
Deferred income tax assets:
Net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,277,269 $ 276,098
Stock-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 150,552
(*)
Non-deductible reserves and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,091 162,846
Intangible assets(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,021 72,705
Gross deferred income tax assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,622,381 662,201
Valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,507,848) (95,779)
Deferred income tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 114,533 $ 566,422
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Unrealized investment gains . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... $ — $ (22,239)
Purchased intangible assets(*) . . . . . . . . . . . .................... (112,860) (38,109)
Investments in equity interests . . . . . . . . . . .................... (131,927) (127,212)
Other(*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... (36,443) (28,789)
Deferred income tax liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (281,230) $(216,349)
Net deferred income tax (liabilities)/assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (166,697) $ 350,073
(*)
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts in order to conform to the current year presentation.
As of December 31, 2006, the Company’s federal and state net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes
were approximately $1.4 billion and $0.3 billion, respectively. If not utilized, the federal net operating loss
carryforwards will begin to expire in 2008 and the state net operating loss carryforwards will begin to expire in
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2013. The Company’s federal and state research tax credit carryforwards for income tax purposes are approximately
$107 million and $97 million, respectively. If not utilized, the federal research tax credit carryforwards will begin to
expire in 2010. The state research tax credit carryforwards will not expire.
In 2006, gross deferred income tax assets decreased by approximately $1.0 billion primarily due to a change in
presentation as a result of the adoption of SFAS 123R. The reduction primarily relates to deferred income tax assets
pertaining to net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards resulting from the exercise of employee stock options
in prior years and represents tax benefits in excess of stock-based compensation expense as determined under
APB 25. In prior years, such excess tax benefits, with an offsetting valuation allowance, were recorded in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet. As the excess tax benefits were realized, the valuation allowance was
released and additional paid-in capital was increased. SFAS 123R prohibits recognition of a deferred income tax
asset for excess tax benefits due to stock option exercises that have not yet been realized through a reduction in
income taxes payable. Accordingly, in 2006 the Company reversed the deferred tax asset and related valuation
allowance relating to excess tax benefits for stock option exercises. Such unrecognized deferred tax benefits totaled
$1.1 billion as of December 31, 2006 and will be accounted for as a credit to additional paid-in capital, if and when
realized through a reduction in income taxes payable. In addition to the decrease in the valuation allowance
described above, the Company released $236 million of the valuation allowance to additional paid-in capital and
$95 million to goodwill.
The Company has a valuation allowance of approximately $96 million as of December 31, 2006 to reduce deferred
income tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized in future periods. In evaluating the
Company’s ability to recover its deferred income tax assets the Company considers all available positive and
negative evidence, including operating results, ongoing tax planning and forecasts of future taxable income on a
jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis. The valuation allowance as of December 31, 2006 relates to foreign net operating
loss and credit carryforwards and will reduce the provision for income taxes if and when recognized.
The Company provides United States income taxes on the earnings of foreign subsidiaries unless the subsidiaries’
earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested outside the United States. As of December 31, 2006, U.S. income
taxes were not provided for on a cumulative total of $0.7 billion of undistributed earnings for certain foreign
subsidiaries and a corporate joint venture. These earnings are considered indefinitely invested in operations outside
the United States. If these earnings were to be repatriated, the Company would be subject to additional United
States income taxes (subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits).
The Company’s federal income tax return for the year ended December 31, 2003 is under examination by the
Internal Revenue Service.
Note 11 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Stockholder Rights Plan. In March 2001, the Company adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan. Under the plan, the
rights were distributed as a dividend at the rate of one Right for each share of common stock held by stockholders of
record as of the close of business on March 20, 2001. The Stockholder Rights Plan was not adopted in response to
any effort to acquire control of the Company. The rights will expire on March 1, 2011.
Stock Repurchases. In March 2005, following the completion of the $0.5 billion stock repurchase program that
was authorized in 2001 and extended in 2003, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to
$3.0 billion of its outstanding shares of common stock over the next five years, dependent on market conditions,
share price and other factors. Under this program, during the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company
repurchased 11.7 million shares of common stock at an average price of $33.20 per share, for total consideration of
$388 million. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company repurchased 93.1 million shares of common
stock at an average price of $29.84 per share, including 31.6 million shares received upon the maturity of structured
stock repurchase transactions. Total cash consideration for the stock repurchases in 2006 was $2.8 billion which
consisted of $1.8 billion direct stock repurchases, $0.5 billion as a result of settlements of structured stock
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repurchase transactions entered into in 2005, and $0.5 billion as a result of settlements of structured stock
repurchase transactions entered into in 2006. Including the $250 million structured stock transaction settled in
October 2006, the Company had substantially completed the $3.0 billion authorized stock repurchase program as of
September 30, 2006.
In October 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program allowing it to
repurchase up to $3.0 billion of its outstanding shares of common stock from time to time over the next five years,
depending on market conditions, share price, and other factors. Repurchases may take place in the open market or
in privately negotiated transactions, including derivative transactions, and may be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
On a cumulative basis, the Company has repurchased 137.7 million shares, which are recorded as part of treasury
stock. Treasury stock is accounted for under the cost method.
Structured Stock Repurchases. During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company entered into $1.4 billion
in structured stock repurchase transactions. Of these transactions, $0.7 billion settled in 2005, resulting in the
Company receiving $0.7 billion in cash. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company had settlements
of structured stock repurchase transactions for a total amount of $0.5 billion which the Company entered into in
2005 resulting in repurchases of 15.1 million shares at an average price of $32.88 per share. A structured stock
repurchase transaction for the amount of $250 million that the Company entered into in 2005 was settled in cash
resulting in cash proceeds of $272 million in 2006. The Company also entered into structured stock repurchase
transactions for a total amount of $0.5 billion in 2006. All of these transactions were settled in stock during the year
ended December 31, 2006 resulting in the repurchase of 16.5 million shares at an average price of $30.25 per share.
The structured stock repurchase transactions were recorded in stockholders’ equity on the consolidated balance
sheets.
Note 12 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Benefit Plans. The Company maintains a Yahoo! Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) for its full-time employees
in the United States. The 401(k) Plan allows employees of the Company to contribute up to the Internal Revenue
Code prescribed maximum amount. Employees may elect to contribute from 1 percent to 50 percent of their annual
compensation to the 401(k) Plan. The Company matches employee contributions at a rate of 25 percent. Employee
contributions are fully vested, whereas vesting in matching Company contributions occurs at a rate of 33 percent per
year of employment. During 2004, 2005, and 2006, the Company’s contributions to the 401(k) Plan amounted to
approximately $8 million, $12 million, and $16 million, respectively. The Company also contributed approxi-
mately $5 million, $7 million, and $13 million to its other benefit plans outside of the United States for 2004, 2005,
and 2006, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for employee stock-based
compensation using the intrinsic value method supplemented by pro forma disclosures in accordance with APB 25
and SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123R
using the modified prospective approach and accordingly prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact
of SFAS 123R.
For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $425 million.
This amount was reduced by a $13 million ($8 million, net of tax) stock-based compensation expense reversal
during the year to correct stock-based compensation expense related to 2003 and 2004. For the year ended
December 31, 2006, as a result of adopting SFAS 123R, the Company’s gross profit was reduced by $7 million,
income from operations was lower by $324 million, and net income was lower by $222 million, than if the Company
had continued to account for stock-based compensation under APB 25. Basic and diluted net income per share for
the year ended December 31, 2006 was $0.16 and $0.15 lower, respectively, than if the Company had continued to
account for stock-based compensation under APB 25. For the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company
recognized $52 million of stock-based compensation expense under the intrinsic value method. SFAS 123R
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required that the deferred stock-based compensation on the consolidated balance sheet on the date of adoption be
netted against additional paid-in capital. As of December 31, 2005, there was a balance of $235 million of deferred
stock-based compensation that was netted against additional paid-in capital on January 1, 2006.
SFAS 123R requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if
actual forfeitures differ from initial estimates. Stock-based compensation expense was recorded net of estimated
forfeitures for the year ended December 31, 2006 such that expense was recorded only for those stock-based awards
that are expected to vest. Previously under APB 25 to the extent awards were forfeited prior to vesting, the
corresponding previously recognized expense was reversed in the period of forfeiture. Upon the adoption of
SFAS 123R, the Company recorded a cumulative adjustment to account for the expected forfeitures of stock-based
awards granted prior to January 1, 2006 for which the Company previously recorded an expense. This adjustment
was not material and was recorded as a reduction to stock-based compensation expense in 2006.
In addition, upon the adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company included as part of cash flows from financing activities
the gross benefit of tax deductions related to stock-based awards in excess of the grant date fair value of the related
stock-based awards for the options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2006 and certain options
exercised in prior periods. This amount is shown as a reduction to cash flows from operating activities and an
increase to cash flows from financing activities. Net cash flows remain unchanged from what would have been
reported prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R.
Stock Plans. The Company’s 1995 Stock Plan and stock-based award plans assumed through acquisitions are
collectively referred to as the “Plans.” The 1995 Stock Plan provides for the issuance of stock-based awards to
employees, including executive officers, and consultants. The 1995 Stock Plan permits the granting of incentive
stock options, non-statutory stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, indexed
options, and dividend equivalents.
Options granted under the 1995 Stock Plan before May 19, 2005 generally expire ten years after the grant date, and
options granted after May 19, 2005 generally expire 7 years after the grant date. Options generally become
exercisable over a four-year period based on continued employment and vest either monthly, quarterly, semi-
annually, or annually.
The 1995 Stock Plan permits the granting of restricted stock and restricted stock units (collectively referred to as
“restricted stock awards”). The vesting of restricted stock awards is generally subject to meeting certain perfor-
mance-based objectives, the passage of time, or a combination of both, and continued employment through the
vesting period. Restricted stock award grants are generally measured at fair value on the date of grant based on the
number of shares granted and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock. Such value is recognized as an
expense over the corresponding service period. Each share of the Company’s common stock issued in settlement of
restricted stock awards is counted as 1.75 shares against the 1995 Stock Plan’s share limit.
The 1995 Stock Plan provides for the issuance of a maximum of 654 million shares of which 51 million were still
available for issuance as of December 31, 2006.
The 1996 Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Directors’ Plan”) provides for the grant of nonqualified stock options
and restricted stock units to non-employee directors of the Company. The Directors’ Plan provides for the issuance
of up to 9 million shares of the Company’s common stock, of which approximately 5 million were still available for
issuance as of December 31, 2006. Each share of the Company’s common stock issued in settlement of restricted
stock units granted under the Directors’ Plan is counted as 1.75 shares against the Directors’ Plans’ share limit.
Options granted under the Directors’ Plan before May 25, 2006 generally become exercisable, based on continued
service as a director, for initial grants to new directors, in equal monthly installments over four years, and for annual
grants, with 25 percent of such options vesting on the one year anniversary of the date of grant and the remaining
options vesting in equal monthly installments over the remaining 36-month period thereafter. Such options
generally expire 10 years after the grant date. Options granted on or after May 25, 2006 become exercisable, based
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on continued service as a director, in equal quarterly installments over one year. Such options generally expire
seven years after the grant date.
Restricted stock units granted under the Directors’ Plan vest in equal quarterly installments over a one year period
following the date of grant and, once vested, are payable in an equal number of shares of the Company’s common
stock on the earlier of the third anniversary of the grant date or the date the director ceases to be a member of the
board.
Non-employee directors are also permitted to elect an award of restricted stock units or a stock option under the
Directors’ Plan in lieu of a cash payment of fees for serving as chairperson of a board committee. Such stock
options or restricted stock unit awards granted in lieu of cash for chairperson fees are fully vested on the grant date.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company’s 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”)
allows employees to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock through payroll deductions of up to
15 percent of their annual compensation subject to certain Internal Revenue Code limitations. The price of common
stock purchased under the Purchase Plan is equal to 85 percent of the lower of the fair market value of the common
stock on the commencement date of each 24-month offering period or the specified purchase date. The Purchase
Plan provides for the issuance of a maximum of 30 million shares of common stock of which 12 million shares were
available as at December 31, 2006. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the stock-based compensation expense
related to the activity under the Purchase Plan was $55 million. As of December 31, 2006, there was $53 million of
unamortized stock-based compensation cost related to the Purchase Plan which will be recognized over a weighted
average period of 1.2 years.
Executive Retention Compensation Agreement. During 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s
Board of Directors, approved a three year performance and retention compensation arrangement with the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). For each of the years 2006 to 2008, the CEO will be eligible to
receive a discretionary annual bonus payable in the form of a fully vested non-qualified stock option for up to
1 million shares with an exercise price equal to the closing trading price of the Company’s common stock on the
date of the grant. The Company recognized compensation expense of $8 million related to this potential 2006
performance based award during the year ended December 31, 2006.
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Stock option activity under the Company’s Plans and Directors’ Plan is summarized as follows (in thousands,
except years and per share amounts):
Weighted Average
Weighted Average Remaining
Exercise Price per Contractual Life Aggregate
Shares Share (in years) Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31,
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,701 $23.67
Options assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 $ 0.63
Options granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,403 $36.39
Options exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (50,920) $13.44
Options cancelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12,683) $33.93
Outstanding at December 31,
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,694 $28.11
Options assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 $ 1.05
Options granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,386 $29.97
Options exercised(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (20,158) $11.82
Options cancelled /forfeited/
expired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16,306) $37.52
Outstanding at December 31,
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,655 $29.46 5.66 $730,198
Vested and expected to vest at
December 31, 2006(2) . . . . . . . . . 179,557 $29.37 5.60 $724,893
Exercisable at December 31, 2006 . . 112,448 $28.26 4.95 $667,919
(1)
The Company’s current practice is to issue new shares to satisfy stock option exercises.
(2)
The expected to vest options are the result of applying the pre-vesting forfeiture rate assumptions to total outstanding options.
The following table summarizes information concerning outstanding and exercisable options as of December 31,
2006 (in thousands, except years and per share amounts):
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
Range of Average Remaining Weighted Average Weighted Average
Exercise Prices Number Contractual Life Exercise Price Number Exercise Price
per Share Outstanding (in years) per Share Exercisable per Share
$0.00 — $3.37. . . . . . 1,971 3.70 $ 1.44 1,143 $ 2.44
$3.48 — $7.49. . . . . . 10,632 4.59 5.41 10,563 5.40
$7.59 — $15.00 . . . . . 22,696 5.12 10.51 21,897 10.45
$15.02 — $20.85 . . . . 20,197 6.62 19.92 16,020 19.93
$20.96 — $30.00 . . . . 33,390 5.75 27.23 15,532 27.76
$30.15 — $35.95 . . . . 51,690 6.12 33.07 13,907 34.55
$36.13 — $40.68 . . . . 33,564 6.16 38.22 19,333 38.04
$41.09 — $46.37 . . . . 4,930 3.78 42.80 3,474 43.11
$47.13 — $52.75 . . . . 196 3.20 51.36 196 51.36
$53.14 — $292.07 . . . 10,389 3.19 73.51 10,383 73.50
Total . . . . . . . . . . . 189,655 5.66 $29.46 112,448 $28.26
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The weighted average fair value of options granted in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 was
$12.09, $11.60, and $10.03 per share, respectively.
The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the aggregate difference
between the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2006 and the exercise price for
in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders if all in-the-money options had been
exercised on December 31, 2006.
The total intrinsic value of options exercised in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 were
$1,168 million, $1,171 million and $393 million, respectively.
As of December 31, 2006, there was $498 million of unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to
unvested stock options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.4 years.
Cash received from option exercises and purchases of shares under the Purchase Plan for the year ended
December 31, 2006 was $318 million.
The total tax benefit attributable to stock options exercised in the year ended December 31, 2006 was $144 million.
The tax benefits from stock-based awards for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $626 million, which is
reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows. This represents the total amount of income tax benefit in the
current period related to options exercised in current and prior periods.
The gross excess tax benefits from stock-based awards for the year ended December 31, 2006 of $597 million, as
reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows in financing activities represent the reduction in income taxes
otherwise payable during the period, attributable to the actual gross tax benefits in excess of the expected tax
benefits for options exercised in current and prior periods. The gross excess tax benefits for the year ended
December 31, 2006 were comprised of $110 million related to options exercised during the twelve months ended
December 31, 2006 and $487 million related to options exercised in prior periods. The Company has accumulated
excess tax deductions relating to stock options exercised prior to January 1, 2006 available to reduce income taxes
otherwise payable. To the extent such deductions are expected to reduce income taxes payable in the current year,
they are reported as financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
The fair value of option grants is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
weighted average assumptions:
Stock Options Purchase Plans(5)
Years Ended Years Ended
December 31, December 31,
2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006
Expected dividend yield(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Risk-free interest rate(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 2.7% 3.8% 4.8% 1.5% 2.9% 4.8%
Expected volatility(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 50% 39% 34% 39% 34% 33%
Expected life (in years)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 3.5 3.75 3.75 0.88 0.88 1.25
(1)
The Company currently has no history or expectation of paying cash dividends on its common stock.
(2)
The risk-free interest rate is based on the United States Treasury yield for a term consistent with the expected life of the awards in effect at the
time of grant.
(3)
The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock at the date of grant based on the implied volatility of publicly traded options on its
common stock, with a term of one year or greater. Up to September 30, 2005, the Company used an equally weighted average of trailing
volatility and market based implied volatility for the computation.
(4)
The expected life of stock options granted under the Plans is based on historical exercise patterns, which the Company believes are
representative of future behavior. The expected life of options granted under the Purchase Plan represents the amount of time remaining in
the 24-month offering period.
(5)
Assumptions for the Purchase Plan relate to the annual average of the enrollment periods. Enrollment is currently permitted in May and
November of each year.
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Restricted stock awards activity for the year ended December 31, 2006 is summarized as follows (in thousands,
except per share amounts):
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair
Shares Value
Awarded and unvested at December 31, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 $20.58
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 $34.99
Vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — $ —
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — $ —
Awarded and unvested at December 31, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 $27.50
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,980 $36.86
Vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (138) $20.58
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (19) $34.22
Awarded and unvested at December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,666 $36.13
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,686 $31.47
Vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (315) $25.95
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (756) $34.68
Awarded and unvested at December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,281 $34.53
As of December 31, 2006, there was $221 million of unamortized stock-based compensation cost related to
unvested restricted stock awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.1 years.
The total fair value of restricted stock awards vested during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 was
nil, $5 million and $10 million, respectively.
If the fair value based method under SFAS 123 had been applied in measuring stock-based compensation expense,
the pro forma effect on net income and net income per share for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 would
have been as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Years Ended December 31,
2004(*) 2005(*)
Net income:
As reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 839,553 $1,896,230
Add: Stock compensation expense included in reported net income, net
of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,374 31,557
Less: Stock compensation expense determined under fair value based
method for all awards, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (235,728) (239,408)
Pro forma net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 623,199 $1,688,379
Net income per share:
As reported — basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... $ 0.62 $ 1.35
As reported — diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... $ 0.58 $ 1.28
Pro forma — basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... $ 0.46 $ 1.21
Pro forma — diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... $ 0.43 $ 1.13
(*)
Up to September 30, 2005, the Company used an equally weighted average of trailing volatility and market based implied volatility for the
computation. Since October 1, 2005, the Company began exclusively using market based implied volatility for the computation
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Note 13 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Lease Commitments. The Company leases office space and data centers under operating lease
agreements with original lease periods up to 23 years which expire between 2007 and 2027.
The Company has entered into the following material lease agreements with minimum lease commitments as of
December 31, 2006.
• In 2004, the Company entered into a 23 year lease agreement for office space in Sunnyvale, California with a total
expected minimum lease commitment of approximately $149 million over the lease term and a remaining
minimum lease commitment of approximately $139 million as of December 31, 2006. The Company has the
option to renew the lease for two additional five year terms and the right of first offer to purchase the leased office
space if the lessor sells the building.
• In 2005, the Company entered into two ten year lease agreements for data centers in the eastern United States with
total expected minimum lease commitments of approximately $280 million over the lease terms. One of these
lease agreements with total expected minimum lease commitments of $172 million was cancelled during 2005.
The remaining minimum lease commitments excluding the cancelled lease were $97 million as of December 31,
2006. The Company has the option to renew this lease for an additional five years and also has a right of expansion
for any additional lease space that becomes available.
• In 2005, the Company entered into three ten year lease agreements for office space in Southern California, with
total expected minimum lease commitments (as per 2006 amendments) of approximately $159 million over the
lease terms and remaining minimum lease commitments of approximately $154 million as of December 31, 2006.
In each of these leases, the Company has the option to renew for two additional terms of three to five years, as well
as the right of expansion for any additional lease space that becomes available. Further, in the case of two of these
leases, the Company has the right of first offer to purchase the leased office space if the lessor sells the building.
• In 2006, the Company entered into an eleven year lease agreement for a data center in the eastern United States.
As of December 31, 2006, the Company had total expected and remaining minimum lease commitments of
approximately $191 million over the lease term. The Company has the option to renew this lease for an additional
five years and also has a right of expansion for any additional lease space that becomes available.
Rent expense for all operating leases was approximately $34 million, $55 million, and $73 million for 2004, 2005,
and 2006, respectively.
Many of the Company’s leases contain one or more of the following options which the Company can exercise at the
end of the initial lease term: (a) renewal of the lease for a defined number of years at the then fair market rental rate
or at a slight discount to the fair market rental rate; (b) purchase of the property at the then fair market value; or
(c) right of first offer to lease additional space that becomes available.
Gross and net lease commitments as of December 31, 2006 can be summarized as follows (in millions):
Gross Lease Sublease Net Lease
Years Ending December 31, Commitments Income Commitments
2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 97 $ 3 $ 94
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 3 104
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 3 104
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 2 91
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 1 74
Due after 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 — 399
Total gross and net lease commitments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $878 $12 $866
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Affiliate Commitments. In connection with contracts to provide sponsored search and/or display advertising
services to affiliates, the Company is obligated to make payments, which represent traffic acquisition costs, to its
affiliates. As of December 31, 2006, these commitments totaled $17 million, of which $16 million will be payable
in 2007.
Other Commitments. In the ordinary course of business, the Company may provide indemnifications of varying
scope and terms to customers, vendors, lessors, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters,
including, but not limited to, losses arising out of the Company’s breach of agreements, services to be provided by
the Company, or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, the Company
has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers that will require the
Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or
service as directors or officers. The Company has also agreed to indemnify certain former officers, directors and
employees of acquired companies in connection with the acquisition of such companies. The Company maintains
director and officer insurance, which may cover certain liabilities arising from its obligation to indemnify its
directors and officers, and former directors and officers of acquired companies, in certain circumstances. It is not
possible to determine the aggregate maximum potential loss under these indemnification agreements due to the
limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular
agreement. Such indemnification agreements may not be subject to maximum loss clauses. Historically, the
Company has not incurred material costs as a result of obligations under these agreements and it has not accrued any
liabilities related to such indemnification obligations in its consolidated financial statements.
During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company reversed an earn-out accrual related to a prior acquisition,
which resulted in a $10 million reduction to operating expenses in the consolidated statements of income.
As of December 31, 2006, the Company did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial
partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have
been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or
limited purposes. As such, the Company is not exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could
arise if the Company had engaged in such relationships.
Contractual Obligations. The following table presents certain payments due under contractual obligations with
minimum firm commitments as of December 31, 2006 (in millions):
Payments Due by Period
Due in
Due in Due in 2012
Total Due in 2007 2008-2009 2010-2011 or After
(1)
Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 750 $ — $750 $ — $ —
Operating lease obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 94 208 165 399
Affiliate commitments(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 1 — —
Total contractual obligations . . . . . . . . . . $1,633 $110 $959 $165 $399
(1)
The long-term debt matures in April 2008, unless converted into Yahoo! common stock at a conversion price of $20.50 per share,
subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. Upon conversion, the Company has the right to deliver cash in lieu of
common stock. See Note 9 — “Long-Term Debt” for additional information related to the long-term debt.
(2)
The Company is obligated to make payments under contracts to provide sponsored search and/or display advertising services to its
affiliates, which represent traffic acquisition costs.
Contingencies. From time to time, third parties assert patent infringement claims against Yahoo!. Currently, the
Company is engaged in several lawsuits regarding patent issues and has been notified of a number of other potential
patent disputes. In addition, from time to time the Company is subject to other legal proceedings and claims in the
ordinary course of business, including claims of alleged infringement of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and
other intellectual property rights, claims related to employment matters, and a variety of other claims, including
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claims alleging defamation or invasion of privacy, arising in connection with the Company’s e-mail, message
boards, auction sites, shopping services and other communications and community features.
On May 24, 2001, Arista Records, Inc., Bad Boy Records, BMG Music d/b/a The RCA Records Label, Capitol
Records, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., Interscope
Records, Motown Record Company, L.P., and Zomba Recording Corporation filed a lawsuit alleging copyright
infringement against LAUNCH Media, Inc. (“LAUNCH”) in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York. The plaintiffs allege, among other things, that the consumer-influenced portion of
LAUNCH’s LAUNCHcast service is “interactive” within the meaning of Section 114 of the Copyright Act and
therefore does not qualify for the compulsory license provided for by the Copyright Act. The Complaint seeks
declaratory and injunctive relief and damages for the alleged infringement. After the lawsuit was commenced, the
Company entered into an agreement to acquire LAUNCH, which closed in August 2001, and since that time
LAUNCH has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo!. Because LAUNCH settled the LAUNCH litigation as to
all other plaintiffs, BMG Music d/b/a/ The RCA Records Label is the sole remaining plaintiff in this proceeding. On
November 4, 2005, the Court issued an order denying the plaintiff’s summary judgment motions as to interactivity
and willful infringement. A trial date has been set for April 16, 2007. The Company does not believe it is feasible to
predict or determine the outcome or resolution of the LAUNCH litigation at this time. The range of possible
resolutions of such LAUNCH litigation could include judgments against LAUNCH or settlements that could require
substantial payments by LAUNCH.
On July 12, 2001, the first of several purported securities class action lawsuits was filed in the United States District
Court, Southern District of New York against certain underwriters involved in Overture Services Inc.’s (“Overture”)
initial public offering, Overture, and certain of Overture’s current and former officers and directors. The Court
consolidated the cases against Overture. Plaintiffs allege, among other things, violations of the Securities Act of
1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 involving undisclosed compensation to the underwriters, and
improper practices by the underwriters, and seek unspecified damages. Similar complaints were filed in the same
court against numerous public companies that conducted initial public offerings of their common stock since the
mid-1990s. All of these lawsuits were consolidated for pretrial purposes before Judge Shira Scheindlin. On
April 19, 2002, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, alleging Rule 10b-5 claims of fraud. On July 15, 2002, the
issuers filed an omnibus motion to dismiss for failure to comply with applicable pleading standards. On October 8,
2002, the Court entered an Order of Dismissal as to all of the individual defendants in the Overture IPO litigation,
without prejudice. On February 19, 2003, the Court denied the motion to dismiss the Rule 10b-5 claims against
certain defendants, including Overture. Overture accepted a proposal for the settlement and release of claims
against the issuer defendants, including Overture. The settlement was presented to the Court in June 2004. On
February 15, 2005, the Court issued an order granting conditional preliminary approval of the settlement proposal.
On August 31, 2005, the Court issued an order confirming preliminary approval of the settlement. On April 24,
2006, the Court held a fairness hearing in connection with the motion for final approval of the settlement. The Court
has yet to issue a ruling on the motion for final approval. The settlement remains subject to a number of conditions,
including final approval of the Court. On December 5, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed
the Court’s October 2004 order certifying a class in six test cases that were selected by the underwriter defendants
and plaintiffs in the coordinated proceeding. Overture is not one of the test cases and it is unclear what impact this
will have on the class in Overture’s case. If the settlement does not occur, and litigation against Overture continues,
the Company intends to defend the case vigorously.
The Company does not believe, based on current knowledge, that any of the foregoing legal proceedings or claims
are likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows. However, the
Company may incur substantial expenses in defending against third party claims. In the event of a determination
adverse to the Company or its subsidiaries, the Company may incur substantial monetary liability and be required to
change its business practices. Either of these could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial
position, results of operations or cash flows.
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Note 14 LITIGATION SETTLEMENT
In April 2002, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Overture, filed a lawsuit against Google Inc. (“Google”) in
the United States District Court for the Northern District of California with respect to a patent which protected
various features and innovations relating to bid-for-performance products and Overture’s pay-for-performance
(sponsored) search technologies. In addition, the Company had a second dispute with Google concerning the shares
issuable to the Company pursuant to a warrant held by the Company to purchase Google shares that were received in
connection with a June 2000 services agreement.
In August 2004, Google issued 2.7 million shares of Class A common stock in settlement of the two disputes. The
Company agreed to dismiss the 361 patent lawsuits and granted to Google a fully-paid license to the 361 patent as
well as several related patent applications held by Overture. The Company allocated the 2.7 million shares between
the two disputes, based on the relative fair values of the two disputes, including consideration of a valuation
performed by a third party. A portion of the shares allocated to the patent dispute has been recorded as an
adjustment to goodwill for the period that the patents were in effect prior to Overture’s acquisition by the Company.
The portion of the shares received for the settlement of the patent dispute which has been allocated to future periods
has been recorded in deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets and will be recognized as fees revenues
over the remaining life of the patent, approximately 12 years. The shares allocated to the warrant dispute settlement
did not have an income statement effect as the fair value of the warrant was recorded at the time the services were
performed based on the fair value of the services rendered.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company disposed of approximately 4.0 million shares of Google
and realized gains of $413 million, net of selling costs, which were included in other income, net on the consolidated
statements of income. During the year ended December 31, 2005 the Company sold the remaining Google shares
and realized gains of $961 million, which were recorded in other income, net.
Note 15 SEGMENTS
The Company manages its business geographically. The primary areas of measurement and decision-making are the
United States and International. Management relies on an internal management reporting process that provides
revenue and segment operating income before depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense
for making financial decisions and allocating resources. Segment operating income before depreciation, amor-
tization and stock-based compensation expense includes income from operations before depreciation, amortization
and stock-based compensation expense. Management believes that segment operating income before depreciation,
amortization and stock-based compensation expense is an appropriate measure of evaluating the operational
performance of the Company’s segments. However, this measure should be considered in addition to, not as a
substitute for, or superior to, income from operations or other measures of financial performance prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
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The following tables present summarized information by segment (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Revenues by segment:
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,653,437 $3,667,509 $4,365,922
International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921,080 1,590,159 2,059,757
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,574,517 $5,257,668 $6,425,679
Segment operating income before depreciation,
amortization and stock-based compensation expense:
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 891,103 $1,219,539 $1,451,656
International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,809 337,799 454,261
Total segment operating income before depreciation,
amortization and stock-based compensation
expense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031,912 1,557,338 1,905,917
Corporate and unallocated operating costs and expenses:
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (311,041) (397,142) (540,021)
Stock-based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (32,290) (52,471) (424,930)
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 688,581 $1,107,725 $ 940,966
Capital expenditures, net:
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 190,461 $ 336,450 $ 601,472
International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,040 72,484 87,664
Total capital expenditures, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 245,501 $ 408,934 $ 689,136
December 31,
2005 2006
Property and equipment, net:
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $613,426 $ 975,510
International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,096 125,869
Total property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $697,522 $1,101,379
Revenue is attributed to individual countries according to the international online property that generated the
revenue. No single foreign country accounted for more than 10 percent of revenues in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
The following table presents revenues for groups of similar services (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
2004 2005 2006
Marketing services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,127,229 $4,593,972 $5,627,207
Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447,288 663,696 798,472
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,574,517 $5,257,668 $6,425,679
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Note 16 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company and other third parties are limited partners in Softbank Capital Partners LP (“Softbank Capital”), a
venture capital fund which is an affiliate of SOFTBANK. A Managing Partner of Softbank Capital is also a member
of the Company’s Board of Directors. The total investment by the Company in Softbank Capital is approximately
$36 million and represents less than a 5 percent holding in Softbank Capital. A significant portion of this investment
has been impaired by the Company, with the remaining value included on the consolidated balance sheets in other
assets. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, the Company invested on the same terms and on the same basis as all
other limited partners.
Revenue from related parties, excluding Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba, represented approximately 1 percent of the total
revenue in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Management believes that prices on agreements
with related parties were comparable to those with other similarly situated customers of the Company.
See Note 4 — “Investments in Equity Interests” for additional information related to transactions involving Yahoo!
Japan and Alibaba.
Note 17 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Stock Repurchase Transactions. Subsequent to December 31, 2006, the Company repurchased approximately
14 million shares of its common stock under the current stock repurchase program at an average price of $29.97 per
share, for a total of $408 million.
Intellectual Property Rights. In February 2007, the Company committed to invest up to $200 million through July
2008 to acquire rights to intellectual property. License payments associated with the acquired rights will be
amortized over the useful life of the related intellectual property.
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Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006
Balance at Write-Offs Balance
Beginning Charged to Net of at End
of Year Expenses Recoveries of Year
(In thousands)
Accounts receivable
Allowance for doubtful accounts
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,961 $ 11,487 $ (9,233) $ 34,215
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,215 14,692 (7,050) 41,857
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,857 5,070 (8,731) 38,196
Charged Balance
Balance at Charged (Credited)
Beginning (Credited) to Other at End
of Year to Expenses Accounts(*) of Year
(In thousands)
Deferred income tax asset
Valuation allowance
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,659,551 $(40,612) $ (265,191) $1,353,748
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353,748 16,342 137,758 1,507,848
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,507,848 15,206 (1,427,275) 95,779
(*)
Amounts not charged (credited) to expenses were charged (credited) to stockholders’ equity or goodwill. In addition, in 2006, a decrease
in the valuation allowance of $1.1 billion was due to the removal of deferred income tax assets arising from unrealized excess tax benefits
from stock-based awards and their related valuation allowance, in connection with the adoption of SFAS 123R.
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Selected Quarterly Financial Data
(Unaudited)
Quarters Ended
March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31, March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31,
2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . $1,173,742 $1,252,997 $1,329,929 $1,501,000 $1,567,055 $1,575,854 $1,580,322 $1,702,448
Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . $ 706,818 $ 752,839 $ 795,548 $ 906,262 $ 909,112 $ 930,087 $ 899,202 $1,011,555
Net income(*) . . . . . . . . . $ 204,560 $ 754,689 $ 253,773 $ 683,208 $ 159,859 $ 164,330 $ 158,529 $ 268,673
Net income per share
— basic(*) . . . . . . . . . $ 0.15 $ 0.54 $ 0.18 $ 0.48 $ 0.11 $ 0.12 $ 0.12 $ 0.20
Net income per share
— diluted(*) . . . . . . . . $ 0.14 $ 0.51 $ 0.17 $ 0.46 $ 0.11 $ 0.11 $ 0.11 $ 0.19
Shares used in per share
calculation — basic . . . . 1,384,958 1,395,596 1,405,012 1,416,118 1,417,917 1,405,598 1,375,884 1,355,566
Shares used in per share
calculation — diluted . . . 1,477,811 1,484,200 1,486,876 1,496,942 1,493,307 1,476,642 1,442,429 1,419,143
(*)
The net income includes gains, net of tax, for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 of $573 million or $0.41 per basic and $0.39 per diluted share,
related to sales of an investment. The net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2005 includes a gain, net of tax, of $205 million or
$0.15 per basic share and $0.14 per diluted share with respect to the divestiture of Yahoo! China and a tax benefit of $248 million or $0.18 per
basic share and $0.17 per diluted share with respect to a subsidiary restructuring transaction. The quarterly tax impact on the gains has been
calculated using the annual effective tax rate determined at the end of the respective years.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term
is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this
report. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have
concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision
and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial
reporting based on criteria established in the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s
management concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2006.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstate-
ments. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls
may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has audited management’s assessment of the
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 as stated in its
report which appears on page 55.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined
in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
Part III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Yahoo!’s Proxy Statement for its 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Yahoo!’s Proxy Statement for its 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006.
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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Yahoo!’s Proxy Statement for its 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Yahoo!’s Proxy Statement for its 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Yahoo!’s Proxy Statement for its 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006.
Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:
1. Consolidated Financial Statements:
Page
Index To Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Consolidated Statements of Income for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
2. Financial Statement Schedules:
Financial Statement Schedules:
II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown
in the Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes thereto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplementary Financial Data:
Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) for the two years ended December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . 100
102
3. Exhibits:
Exhibits are incorporated herein by reference or are filed with this report as indicated below (numbered in
accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
Exhibit
Number Description
2.1 Stock Purchase and Contribution Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2005, by and between Yahoo! Inc.
and Alibaba.com Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed August 16, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)
2.2 Amendment to the Stock Purchase and Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and
between Yahoo! Inc. and Alibaba.com Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed October 27, 2005 [the October 27, 2005 Form 8-K] and incorporated herein
by reference.)
2.3 Tao Bao Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and among Yahoo! Inc.,
SOFTBANK CORP. and SB TB Holding Limited (Filed as Exhibit 2.3 to the October 27, 2005
Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
2.4 Secondary Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and among Yahoo! Inc. and
certain shareholders of Alibaba.com Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.4 to the October 27, 2005 Form 8-K
and incorporated herein by reference.)
2.5 Shareholders Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and among Alibaba.com Corporation,
Yahoo! Inc., SOFTBANK CORP., the Management Members, and the other shareholders named therein
(Filed as Exhibit 2.5 to the October 27, 2005 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 and incorporated
herein by reference.)
3.2 Amended Bylaws of Registrant (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed January 19, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.1 Form of Senior Indenture (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3,
Registration No. 333-46458, filed September 22, 2000 [the September 22, 2000 Form S-3] and
incorporated herein by reference.)
4.2 Form of Subordinated Indenture (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the September 22, 2000 Form S-3 and
incorporated herein by reference.)
4.3** Form of Senior Note
4.4** Form of Subordinated Note
4.5** Form of Certificate of Designation for Preferred Stock (together with Preferred Stock certificate.)
4.6 Form of Deposit Agreement (together with Depository Receipt) (Filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the
September 22, 2000 Form S-3 and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.7** Form of Warrant Agreement (together with Form of Warrant Certificate.)
4.8 Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005, by and between Yahoo! Inc. and
Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed April 4, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.9 Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2003 by and between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association
(Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 10, 2003 [the
April 10, 2003 Form 8-K] and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.10 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2003 among the Registrant and Credit Suisse First
Boston LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the April 10, 2003 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.1+ Form of Indemnification Agreement with certain of the Registrant’s officers and directors (Filed as
Exhibit 10.1 to the March 22, 2006 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.2(A)+ Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (Filed as Annex A to the Registrant’s definitive
proxy statement filed on April 4, 2005 [the 2005 Proxy Statement] and incorporated herein by
reference.)
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Exhibit
Number Description
10.2(B)+ Form of Stock Option Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (Filed as
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 25, 2005 [the May 25, 2005
Form 8-K] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.2(C)+ Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan
(Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the May 25, 2005 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.2(D)+ Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995
Stock Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.2(E)+ Form of Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995
Stock Plan. (Filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.3+ Form of Management Continuity Agreement with certain of the Registrant’s Executive Officers (Filed
as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, Registration No. 333-2142-
LA, declared effective on April 11, 1996 [the SB-2 Registration Statement] and incorporated herein by
reference.)
10.4(A)+ Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated
herein by reference.)
10.4(B)+ Form of Subscription Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.5(A)+ Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex B
to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 14, 2006.)
10.5(B)+ Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant and Director Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement. (Filed as
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 1, 2006 and incorporated herein
by reference.)
10.5(C)+ Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
(Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 1, 2006 and
incorporated herein by reference.)
10.6 Joint Venture Agreement dated April 1, 1996 by and between the Registrant and SOFTBANK
Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.7 Yahoo! Japan License Agreement dated April 1, 1996 by and between the Registrant and Yahoo! Japan
Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.43 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on
Form S-3 filed on December 23, 2002 [the December 23, 2002 Form S-3] and incorporated herein by
reference.)
10.8 Amendment Agreement dated September 17, 1997 by and between Registrant and SOFTBANK
Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.9 Amendment to Yahoo! Japan License Agreement dated September 17, 1997 by and between the
Registrant and Yahoo! Japan Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the November 27, 2002 Form S-3
and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.10+ Employment Letter, dated as of April 16, 2001, between the Registrant and Terry S. Semel (Filed as
Exhibit 10.39 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001
[the June 30, 2001 10-Q] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.11+ Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2001, between the Registrant and Terry S. Semel
(Filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the June 30, 2001 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.12 Consent and Resale Agreement dated as of March 25, 2002, between the Registrant and SOFTBANK
Corp. (Filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.)
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Exhibit
Number Description
10.13+ Employment agreement between Registrant and Daniel Rosensweig dated April 23, 2002 (Filed as
Exhibit 10.41 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002
[the June 30, 2002 10-Q] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.14+ Recourse Promissory Note executed by Daniel Rosensweig for the benefit of Registrant (Filed as
Exhibit 10.42 to the June 30, 2002 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.15+ Yahoo! Key Executive New Hire Retention Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.43 to the June 30, 2002 10-Q and
incorporated herein by reference.)
10.16+ Key Executive New Hire Retention Agreement between the Registrant and Daniel Rosensweig (Filed as
Exhibit 10.44 to the June 30, 2002 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.17 Waiver and Voting Agreement between the Registrant and SOFTBANK Corp. dated February 26, 2004
(Filed as Exhibit 10.38 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.18+ Employment Letter, dated October 29, 2004, between the Registrant and Michael Murray (Filed as
Exhibit 10.29 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
[the December 31, 2004 10-K] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.19 Amendment No. 2 to Yahoo! Japan License Agreement dated January 31, 2005 by and between the
Registrant and Yahoo! Japan Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the December 31, 2004 10-K and
incorporated herein by reference.)
10.20+ Summary of Compensation Payable to Named Executive Officers (Filed as Exhibit 10.24 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and incorporated
herein by reference.)
10.21+ Separation Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2006, between Yahoo! Inc. and Daniel L. Rosensweig.
(Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 8, 2006 and
incorporated herein by reference.)
21.1* List of Subsidiaries
23.1* Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1 Power of Attorney (see the signature page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.)
31.1* Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated February 23,
2007
31.2* Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated
February 23, 2007.
32* Certificate of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated February 23, 2007.
* Filed herewith.
** To be filed by a report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K or, where applicable, incorporated
herein by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939.
+ Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused the report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 23rd day of
February 2007.
YAHOO! INC.
By: /s/SUSAN DECKER
Susan Decker
Executive Vice President, Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Terry Semel and Susan Decker, his/her attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him/her
in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with Exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature Title Date
/s/ TERRY SEMEL Chairman and Chief Executive Officer February 23, 2007
Terry Semel (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ SUSAN DECKER Executive Vice President, Finance and February 23, 2007
Susan Decker Administration and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ MICHAEL MURRAY Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief February 23, 2007
Michael Murray Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ ROY BOSTOCK Director February 23, 2007
Roy Bostock
/s/ RONALD BURKLE Director February 23, 2007
Ronald Burkle
/s/ ERIC HIPPEAU Director February 23, 2007
Eric Hippeau
/s/ VYOMESH JOSHI Director February 23, 2007
Vyomesh Joshi
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Signature Title Date
/s/ ARTHUR KERN Director February 23, 2007
Arthur Kern
/s/ ROBERT KOTICK Director February 23, 2007
Robert Kotick
/s/ EDWARD KOZEL Director February 23, 2007
Edward Kozel
/s/ GARY WILSON Director February 23, 2007
Gary Wilson
/s/ JERRY YANG Director February 23, 2007
Jerry Yang
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
2.1 Stock Purchase and Contribution Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2005, by and between Yahoo! Inc.
and Alibaba.com Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed August 16, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)
2.2 Amendment to the Stock Purchase and Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and
between Yahoo! Inc. and Alibaba.com Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed October 27, 2005 [the October 27, 2005 Form 8-K] and incorporated herein
by reference.)
2.3 Tao Bao Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and among Yahoo! Inc.,
SOFTBANK CORP. and SB TB Holding Limited (Filed as Exhibit 2.3 to the October 27, 2005
Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
2.4 Secondary Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and among Yahoo! Inc. and
certain shareholders of Alibaba.com Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 2.4 to the October 27, 2005 Form 8-K
and incorporated herein by reference.)
2.5 Shareholders Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005, by and among Alibaba.com Corporation,
Yahoo! Inc., SOFTBANK CORP., the Management Members, and the other shareholders named therein
(Filed as Exhibit 2.5 to the October 27, 2005 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 and incorporated
herein by reference.)
3.2 Amended Bylaws of Registrant (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed January 19, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.1 Form of Senior Indenture (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3,
Registration No. 333-46458, filed September 22, 2000 [the September 22, 2000 Form S-3] and
incorporated herein by reference.)
4.2 Form of Subordinated Indenture (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the September 22, 2000 Form S-3 and
incorporated herein by reference.)
4.3** Form of Senior Note
4.4** Form of Subordinated Note
4.5** Form of Certificate of Designation for Preferred Stock (together with Preferred Stock certificate.)
4.6 Form of Deposit Agreement (together with Depository Receipt) (Filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the
September 22, 2000 Form S-3 and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.7** Form of Warrant Agreement (together with Form of Warrant Certificate.)
4.8 Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005, by and between Yahoo! Inc. and
Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed April 4, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.9 Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2003 by and between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association
(Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 10, 2003 [the
April 10, 2003 Form 8-K] and incorporated herein by reference.)
4.10 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2003 among the Registrant and Credit Suisse First
Boston LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the April 10, 2003 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.1+ Form of Indemnification Agreement with certain of the Registrant’s officers and directors (Filed as
Exhibit 10.1 to the March 22, 2006 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.2(A)+ Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (Filed as Annex A to the Registrant’s definitive
proxy statement filed on April 4, 2005 [the 2005 Proxy Statement] and incorporated herein by
reference.)
10.2(B)+ Form of Stock Option Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (Filed as
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 25, 2005 [the May 25, 2005
Form 8-K] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.2(C)+ Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan
(Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the May 25, 2005 Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.)
Exhibit
Number Description
10.2(D)+ Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995
Stock Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.2(E)+ Form of Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1995
Stock Plan. (Filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.3+ Form of Management Continuity Agreement with certain of the Registrant’s Executive Officers (Filed
as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, Registration No. 333-2142-
LA, declared effective on April 11, 1996 [the SB-2 Registration Statement] and incorporated herein by
reference.)
10.4(A)+ Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated
herein by reference.)
10.4(B)+ Form of Subscription Agreement under Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.5(A)+ Yahoo! Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex B
to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 14, 2006.)
10.5(B)+ Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant and Director Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement. (Filed as
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 1, 2006 and incorporated herein
by reference.)
10.5(C)+ Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
(Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 1, 2006 and
incorporated herein by reference.)
10.6 Joint Venture Agreement dated April 1, 1996 by and between the Registrant and SOFTBANK
Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.7 Yahoo! Japan License Agreement dated April 1, 1996 by and between the Registrant and Yahoo! Japan
Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.43 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on
Form S-3 filed on December 23, 2002 [the December 23, 2002 Form S-3] and incorporated herein by
reference.)
10.8 Amendment Agreement dated September 17, 1997 by and between Registrant and SOFTBANK
Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.9 Amendment to Yahoo! Japan License Agreement dated September 17, 1997 by and between the
Registrant and Yahoo! Japan Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the November 27, 2002 Form S-3
and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.10+ Employment Letter, dated as of April 16, 2001, between the Registrant and Terry S. Semel (Filed as
Exhibit 10.39 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001
[the June 30, 2001 10-Q] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.11+ Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2001, between the Registrant and Terry S. Semel
(Filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the June 30, 2001 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.12 Consent and Resale Agreement dated as of March 25, 2002, between the Registrant and SOFTBANK
Corp. (Filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.13+ Employment agreement between Registrant and Daniel Rosensweig dated April 23, 2002 (Filed as
Exhibit 10.41 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002
[the June 30, 2002 10-Q] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.14+ Recourse Promissory Note executed by Daniel Rosensweig for the benefit of Registrant (Filed as
Exhibit 10.42 to the June 30, 2002 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.15+ Yahoo! Key Executive New Hire Retention Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.43 to the June 30, 2002 10-Q and
incorporated herein by reference.)
Exhibit
Number Description
10.16+ Key Executive New Hire Retention Agreement between the Registrant and Daniel Rosensweig (Filed as
Exhibit 10.44 to the June 30, 2002 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.17 Waiver and Voting Agreement between the Registrant and SOFTBANK Corp. dated February 26, 2004
(Filed as Exhibit 10.38 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.18+ Employment Letter, dated October 29, 2004, between the Registrant and Michael Murray (Filed as
Exhibit 10.29 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
[the December 31, 2004 10-K] and incorporated herein by reference.)
10.19 Amendment No. 2 to Yahoo! Japan License Agreement dated January 31, 2005 by and between the
Registrant and Yahoo! Japan Corporation (Filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the December 31, 2004 10-K and
incorporated herein by reference.)
10.20+ Summary of Compensation Payable to Named Executive Officers (Filed as Exhibit 10.24 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and incorporated
herein by reference.)
10.21+ Separation Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2006, between Yahoo! Inc. and Daniel L. Rosensweig.
(Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 8, 2006 and
incorporated herein by reference.)
21.1* List of Subsidiaries
23.1* Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1 Power of Attorney (see the signature page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.)
31.1* Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated February 23,
2007
31.2* Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and
15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated
February 23, 2007.
32* Certificate of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated February 23, 2007.
* Filed herewith.
** To be filed by a report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K or, where applicable, incorporated
herein by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939.
+ Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.